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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Neal Thomas
Neal Thomas
498 Points

Need help with the objective.

i dont understand how to skip the item which has the character "a" . i am so confused.

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):

    for letter in items:
        if letter == 'a':
            continue
            print(letter)

2 Answers

Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points
Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,323 Points

Hiya Neal! There are a couple of issues with code. Lets just say, we passed an array and each entry at each index is bunch of words right? The array kinda looks like this: ["abc", "xyz"] And The challenge needs you to skip over if the first entry in the words in an alphabet a. Refactor your code to look like this:

def loopy(items):
    for letter in items:
        if letter[0] == 'a':
            continue
        print(letter)
Brian Boring
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Brian Boring
Courses Plus Student 3,904 Points
Brian Boring
Brian Boring
Courses Plus Student 3,904 Points

Think of it this way, IF letter is equal to 'a', continue, ELSE:, print.