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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Laurence Cimosz
Laurence Cimosz
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breaks.py code doesn't work

I can't figure this out. I searched the get help forum and nothing worked.

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        # If the first letter of the word is "a", then don't print the word.
        if item[0] == "a":
            continue
        else:
            # If the word DOESN'T start with "a", then print the word.
            print("word")

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Oh you're sooooooooo close!. When they say they want you to print the word, you are very literally printing out "word". What they want is for you to print out any word that doesn't start with 'a'. You're checking item to see if it starts with 'a'. So if it doesn't, you should print out item.

Try changing "word" to item.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: