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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Benjamin Peters
Benjamin Peters
552 Points
Posted by Benjamin Peters
Benjamin Peters
552 Points

How on earth do I do this?

I've been watching the videos and filling out the code as he goes along, but when I get to the challenge tasks I feel woefully underprepared. I have no idea how to accomplish this. I know what he's asking me to do, but I'm not sure how to execute the task. My questions: What am I doing wrong within this challenge task and what am I doing wrong overall? Why do I feel so lost when it comes to the challenge tasks?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items: 
        print(items)
        if 0 = "a": 
            continue

3 Answers

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Benjamin - You can get the current item's index 0 using

item[0]

Also, remember to use == when doing comparisons. Lastly, inside the for loop start with the if statement first and then the print statement, otherwise you end up printing every item and rendering the if statement useless.

Benjamin Peters
Benjamin Peters
552 Points
Benjamin Peters
Benjamin Peters
552 Points

Well, after tinkering with it this morning. This is what I got:

def loopy(items): for item in items: if item[0] == 'a': continue else: print(items)

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Everything looks good except the printing part. You need to print the current item in the loop so print(items) should be print(item).