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Kaci Jenkins
Kaci Jenkins
860 Points
Posted by Kaci Jenkins
Kaci Jenkins
860 Points

loopy function needs to skip an item...?

Not sure what I'm doing wrong. Is there a different way to reference index 0? Do I not need to call upon it so literally?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        if index 0 == 'a':
            continue
        print(item)

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Kaci,

You're on the right track, but I think may be taking the instructions a bit too literal. Your if statement does need to check the value a the 0 index of the iterable being looped through, just not the literal "index = 0". With the for loop, each item will be checked and stored in the temporary variable item, and the if statement is going to check the value of the 0 index of item.
So, all your 'structure' is correct, :thumbsup: you just need to adjust what is being checked. Remember, to check the index, you use square brackets to access the specific index, so it would be like variable[index].

I have provided the corrected code to illustrate this for you.

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

Keep Coding! :) :dizzy:

Kaci Jenkins
Kaci Jenkins
860 Points
Kaci Jenkins
Kaci Jenkins
860 Points

awesome, thanks! I feel so compelled to include an "else:" before the print() but it usually kicks the answer back. For me, it just flows better. Would it cause actual issues or is it just their preference that I don't use it?