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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Rudolf Jantos
Rudolf Jantos
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Posted by Rudolf Jantos
Rudolf Jantos
4,792 Points

Python Basics, Loopy function cant seem to skip correctly.

I'm stuck here on this exercise, can't seem to get it to pass, any help would be great.

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        if item[0] = "a":
            continue    
        else:
            print(item)

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Oh you're so close here! In fact, you're only one character from having it solved. So let me give a hint or two here:

  • The single equals = is an assignment operator. It is used to assign a value to something
  • The double equals == is a comparison operator. It checks to see if something is equal to something else.

Try again with these hints in mind! :sparkles:

HUB Customer Central
HUB Customer Central
20,702 Points
HUB Customer Central
HUB Customer Central
20,702 Points

This should work for you:

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        if item[0] == "a":
            continue    
        else:
            print(item)