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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Alex Durham
Alex Durham
Courses Plus Student 456 Points

index

can someone help me with this i feel like i am close but i am not sure

thanks

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    for item in items:
        if index 0 == 'a':
            continue 
        else:
            print(item)

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
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the word index doesn't mean anything. you are looping through items and your loop variable is item. you want to check the first index of each item. use slice notation with square brackets [] like myString[4], which would be r. the number of the index you want goes inside, and indices start at 0.

Alex Durham
Alex Durham
Courses Plus Student 456 Points

so what should my 'if' line look like?

Alex Durham
Alex Durham
Courses Plus Student 456 Points

right now it looks like if [0] == 'a':