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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Christopher Kell
Christopher Kell
3,499 Points

Can't seem to figure out my mistake on the continue exercise.

I have been staring at this code for a while and can't seems to see the error.

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

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Hi Christopher - items should not be in quotation marks:

for letter in items:

You also need to correct the indentation:

def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for letter in items:
        if letter[0] == 'a':
            continue
        else:
            print(letter)

I also suggest using a different variable name instead of letter, something like item, although it's not necessary for the code to work.

Christopher Kell
Christopher Kell
3,499 Points

Thank you!! That helped me a lot.