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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by ammar ahmed
ammar ahmed
531 Points

What's wrong here?

What's wrong here?

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

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Oh wow you're close! What it wants to know is if the first letter in the item you're looking at is 'a'. We do that by looking at the 0 index of the item. There's only one single line that needs to be altered. Everything else is spot on! Take a look at how close you are!

      if item[0] == 'a':