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Matt Brown
Matt Brown
7,782 Points
Posted by Matt Brown
Matt Brown
7,782 Points

Help with simple function with loop/if statment.

I can't see where I am going wrong?

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for x in items:
        if items[0] == "a":
            continue
        else:
            print x

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Matt,

You want to check index 0 of the item you're currently on which is x in your case.

And there should be parentheses around the x when you print it.

print (x)