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Sam Fellows
Sam Fellows
3,968 Points
Posted by Sam Fellows
Sam Fellows
3,968 Points

Python tracking index position in for loop

I am trying track the movement of the index position while in a for loop. This looks correct to me, but I am getting an error about a "builtin_function"? Any ideas? Have looked through forums but to no avail. I believe the issue centers around my else statement.

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

1 Answer

Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points
Thomas Fildes
Thomas Fildes
22,687 Points

Hi Sam,

Here is the code I used to pass this challenge:

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