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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Dezhi Zhu
Dezhi Zhu
2,662 Points
Posted by Dezhi Zhu
Dezhi Zhu
2,662 Points

why my code not work?

Same idea as the last one. My loopy function needs to skip an item this time, though. Loop through each item in items again. If the character at index 0 of the current item is the letter "a", continue to the next one. Otherwise, print out the current member. Example: ["abc", "xyz"] will just print "xyz".

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

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

The logic is all correct, you just have a syntax error. You need to use == to test equality. A single = sign is an assignment operator and is not used to test equality.