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Roland Vas
1,967 Pointsloopy question, works in python compiler, but again missing something, because i'm getting a bummer message, no help
The code i made works, i tested it in idle python. I'm trying to get it working in the challenge without any success. Is there anything wrong here?
print(items)
for i in items:
if i[0] = 'a':
continue
else:
print(i)
1 Answer

mkmk
15,897 Points2 problems:
- in line 3, you are reassigning the value, rather than testing for it (= vs == )
- your spacing is off, remember 4 spaces for each level of indent
Roland Vas
1,967 PointsRoland Vas
1,967 PointsThank you! Very helpful. Need to pay attention to the subtleties of the language more.