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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points
Posted by Prem Yadav
Prem Yadav
7,346 Points

Not able to solve the problem..........

Hi there In this problem i have given the "continue" command in side the if statement but still not getting where i'm doing mistake.

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

loopy(items)

1 Answer

Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,274 Points
Ari Misha
Ari Misha
19,274 Points

Hiya Prem! You cant use "while" in this challenge coz you've to iterate over the argument "items" which is an array of strings. Besides your "while" loop is an endless loop, which doesnt make sense in context of this challenge. So yeah just use "for" loop instead of "while" loop, here is my code for reference:

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