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Tyler Noblett
4,951 PointsHow to find a substring
I'm working on a challenge task in the python module. The prior challenge task was:
"I need you to help me finish my loopy function. Inside of the function, I need a for loop that prints each thing in items. But, if the current thing is the string "STOP", break the loop."
I completed that challenge, and the current challenge i'm stuck on is:
"Same idea as the last one. My loopy function needs to skip an item this time, though.
Loop through every item in items. If the current item's index 0 is the letter "a", continue to the next one. Otherwise, print out the current member."
This is the code that I think should satisfy the challenge:
def loopy(items):
for item in items:
if item.index('a') == 0:
continue
else:
print(item)
but when I submit this code I get an error: "Bummer! substring not found"
What do I need to change?
def loopy(items):
# Code goes here
2 Answers
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! I think you're doing really well actually.
However, this isn't really what the challenge is expecting.
They're wanting you to access the index of 0 directly. This is what they're looking for:
def loopy(items):
for item in items:
if item[0] == 'a':
continue
else:
print(item)
Hope this helps!
Tyler Noblett
4,951 Pointsah thanks! I appreciate it!