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Ralph Carrol
320 PointsCan't figure out this problem
It works perfectly fine when i try it in the workshop but when i try it here keeps saying its wrong?
def loopy(items):
# Code goes here
for stuff in items:
if stuff == 'a':
continue
else:
print(stuff)
break
print(stuff)
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! I wish I knew what data set you're testing in your workspaces. But you've got a couple of things going on here. First, you're supposed to be checking the 0 index of your stuff variable instead of the entire contents of stuff. Imagine that we have the list we're looking through and one of the items contains "apple". We want it to skip over that as it begins with the letter 'a'. However, your code will only skip things that are 'a' as opposed to things that simply start with them. Also, because you have the break in there, your code will exit the loop prematurely. Here's how I did it:
def loopy(items):
# Code goes here
for stuff in items:
if stuff[0] == 'a':
continue
else:
print(stuff)
As you can see, this is very close to what you had. The biggest difference is that I removed the break and am now checking the first item in stuff. Hope this helps!
Ralph Carrol
320 PointsRalph Carrol
320 PointsI see but i feel like this should still work. Checking 'a' doesnt check any letter of a word for example 'apple' the a doesnt matter. My orignal code was exactly the game except i didn't add the else i just told it to print(stuff):
the list i tried using was: items = ['a','apple','candy'] and i tried items = ['b','apple','candy'], in the first one it printed apple and candy while the second one printed b apple and candy so it worked.
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherRalph Carrol I still think you might be misunderstanding the instructions. It wants you to take a list and from that list... print out anything that doesn't start with the letter a. So given your test data "apple" should not have printed out. If I were to use this:
var items = ["anne", "mary", "bob", "alex", "tyra", "lisa", "aaron"]then after running the code it should print out "mary, bob, tyra, lisa" Everything beginning with the letter a should be skipped... not just the letter a. Hope this makes sense!Ralph Carrol
320 PointsRalph Carrol
320 PointsOoooooh i see, i thought it was just the letter a!! ty so much ! :)