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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Cian McGuinness
Cian McGuinness
1,439 Points

Going loopy.. any help for the challenge question.

Hi, I feel like I might be close to the answer. Can anyone help?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for thing in items:
        if 0 in items == "a":
            items.remove(0)
        else:
            print(items)

1 Answer

Tim Betz
Tim Betz
15,146 Points
Tim Betz
Tim Betz
15,146 Points

The challenge wants you to check the first letter in every item. Your if-statement doesn't make much sense right now. You need to use square brackets to access a specific position of the string. Also, the challenges states, that you don't need to remove the item, but only skip it with the keyword "continue". So your code should look something like this:

for item in items:
    if item[0] == "a":
        continue
    print(item)
Cian McGuinness
Cian McGuinness
1,439 Points

Hi Tim, That makes allot more sense - I made a mistake and learned something new! Thanks for taking the time to respond.