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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Stefan Vaziri
Stefan Vaziri
17,453 Points
Posted by Stefan Vaziri
Stefan Vaziri
17,453 Points

Help! [ANSWERED]

Unsure how to code the index(0) == "a" with the first letter of each item in the list...

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
  for things in items:
    if things.index(0) == "a":
      continue
    print(things)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

You are close. A container or a string can be indexed using the slice notation:

def loopy(items):
  for things in items:
    if things[0] == "a":
      continue
    print(things)