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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by David Wright
David Wright
4,437 Points

Built_in_function object is not subscriptable. Not sure what this means or how to work through this break/skip

Two options (both failed attempts) are shown in my attached code.

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
  for i in items:
    if i.index[0] == "a":
      continue

  print(i)

## This is another attempt:
def loopy(items):
  for i in items:
    if index == 0
    and i == "a":
      continue

  print(i)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Your code is very close. For strings and lists, items can be referenced using the slice notation. Also the print statement needs to be indented to be inside the for loop:

def loopy(items):
  for i in items:
    if i[0] == "a":
      continue

    print(i)