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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Khoa Nguyen
Khoa Nguyen
1,781 Points
Posted by Khoa Nguyen
Khoa Nguyen
1,781 Points

The test case is always fail

Please check my code.

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

2 Answers

Pete P
Pete P
7,613 Points
Pete P
Pete P
7,613 Points

Be careful. You're not looking for an item named 'a', you should instead be checking the '0' index (the first letter) of each item for the letter 'a'.

if first letter of the item == 'a', continue

else, print the item

Mohammed Alnemari
Mohammed Alnemari
1,019 Points
Mohammed Alnemari
Mohammed Alnemari
1,019 Points 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
      if item[0]=="a":
        continue
      else:
          print (item)