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

Where am I going wrong?

Seems pretty straightforward - I could be mis-understanding the question though.

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for i in items:
        if i != "a":
            print(i)

1 Answer

James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,199 Points

I looked at the challenge, it wants you to check if the thing at index 0 of the item in items as you iterate over them, you have to use i[0] in your code