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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Alex Durham
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Alex Durham
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Posted by Alex Durham
Alex Durham
Courses Plus Student 456 Points

index

can someone help me i have never made a loop like this before thanks

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items
        if item [0:] == 'a':
            continue 
        else:
            print(item)
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are very close. There is an missing colon : at the end of the for statement. The code only needs to check the first character of item, so use [0] instead of [0:]. The latter represents the whole string.