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Bapi Roy
14,237 PointsUnable to pass the challenge
I am unable to pass these challenge with below code, though I am getting right output on my python shell.
def loopy(items):
# Code goes here
for idx, item in enumerate(items):
if idx == 0 and 'a' in item:
continue
else:
print(item)
2 Answers
Christopher Janke
11,054 PointsI seems you may have too much going on here. 'items' is already iterable so the code doesn't need too much
def loopy(items):
# Code goes here
for x in items:
if 'a' in x:
continue
else:
print(x)
Christopher Shaw
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 58,248 PointsHave a look at the wording of the challenge If the character at index 0 of the current item is the letter "a", continue to the next one..
In your code, you are looking for "a" as any letter in the first item, where you should be continuing on any item that starts with "a", for example ["cba", "abc", "afg"] will just print "cba" as a is not the first letter here as it is in the other 2.
Bapi Roy
14,237 PointsThank you for explaining it to me.
Bapi Roy
14,237 PointsBapi Roy
14,237 PointsThank you, Christopher.
Torrey Bley
482 PointsTorrey Bley
482 PointsThis worked to pass the challenge but I tested it in work spaces and it skips all string items that have an 'a' anywhere in the sting not just at the start. Based on the goal it should only skip the ones that start it. What would need to be added to make that work