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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Enya Do
Enya Do
552 Points

I'm not sure how to write the index part of this challenge. Please help thanks!

How do I tell python to look at the index 0 part of the item?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
      print(item) 
    if index(item) == "a":   # How do I write the index 0 thing?
      continue

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

The simple syntax is using the slice index item[0]

In your posted code, the if statement needs to be indented so it is inside the for loop.

Also, the if ... continue statement needs to be before the print statement otherwise it will print every loop iteration.