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Greg Isaacson
Courses Plus Student 702 PointsIm lost...
Ok im not sure how to do this question even if it was in plain english!
I need to skip and string that starts with the letter "a".
How do I do this??
I know my index commands, length commands...how do I do this?
def loopy(items):
for item in items:
if item == "a":
continue
elif:
print(item)
# Code goes here
1 Answer
Dustin James
11,364 PointsGreg,
You are so close. Make sure you are checking if the item starts with 'a', not if the item itself is equal to just 'a'. You are currently saying:
if item == 'a':
continue
So if my list is this ['Kenneth', 'Love', 'is', 'a', 'actual', 'ninja'] only the fourth item is equal to 'a'. but the fifth item starts with an 'a'.
I don't know if that makes sense after I just typed it...
How about this:
Make sure you are checking if the word/item in the list of words/items starts with 'a'. If it does then continue; otherwise, print the word/item.