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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by benjamingarrison
benjamingarrison
1,649 Points

What am I not understanding?

Seems to run fine outside of the challenge. I have been known to not fully satisfy the challenge requirements however.

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

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You understand the logic just fine! You even understand looping through iterables and using subscripting with indexes so well done, in my opinion :thumbsup: The giant problem here is indentation.

Your else should line up with your if. Essentially, the last two lines should be indented to the right one time.

:bulb: Alternatively, you could simply erase the else: line as it isn't actually needed. If the word starts with "a" it's going to go back to the top of the loop without printing. If it it doesn't, it will print whether there's an else there or not.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

benjamingarrison
benjamingarrison
1,649 Points

Thanks. That was driving me nuts... I hate having incomplete "circles" ha