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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Akhil Dogra
Akhil Dogra
444 Points
Posted by Akhil Dogra
Akhil Dogra
444 Points

unable to find mistake

unable to find the mistake i even ran it in the idle it is running without any error

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

I see two issues:

  • You have an extra test that doesn't make sense (if item == "a":) (remove it and fix indents)
  • You want to check the 0 index on each item, not the whole list of items (if item[0]=='a':)
Akhil Dogra
Akhil Dogra
444 Points
Akhil Dogra
Akhil Dogra
444 Points

Your second point is not clear to me. When i am only using the condition(if item[0]=='a'),it is confusion for me because item is not a list but a variable which takes only some designated value as if we print(item) after this process it will only give us the last element of our list. And what is the mistake in the code ,I am taking the condition if item == that element and taking that condition i am verifying whether or not its index in the list is zero or not.