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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Waleed Aljarman
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Waleed Aljarman
Courses Plus Student 947 Points
Posted by Waleed Aljarman
Waleed Aljarman
Courses Plus Student 947 Points

My code took to long to run. What to do ?

it says that if the item start with an "a" i should skip it. should i use other methods to make the code shorter, or did i make a mistake ?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    while True :
        if items[0] == "a": 
            continue 
        else : 
            print(items)

2 Answers

William Harrison
William Harrison
9,585 Points

Sorry I just used x as a random variable. I rework what I did here.

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

I just replaced the while statement, with the for statement. Each cycle will put one element of the list into the item variable.

William Harrison
William Harrison
9,585 Points
William Harrison
William Harrison
9,585 Points

Your while does not end, due to it always being set to True. Also the code never cycles through items. I would use a FOR loop instead of the WHILE. Something like -- for x in items: -- Then test for x[0] == 'a'

Waleed Aljarman
Waleed Aljarman
Courses Plus Student 947 Points
Waleed Aljarman
Waleed Aljarman
Courses Plus Student 947 Points

can you explain more, i didn't understand the x part.