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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Faisal Julaidan
Faisal Julaidan
13,944 Points

what's wrong with my code for the challenge ??

here is my code for the second challenge https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-basics/shopping-list-app/continue

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

2 Answers

Christian Loveridge
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Christian Loveridge
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 7,541 Points
Christian Loveridge
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Christian Loveridge
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 7,541 Points

Think of Strings as lists--to get the first index in a list, you use: 

some_list[0]

To get the first char out of a string, do the same thing: 

if some_string[0] == "a":
     do_something()
else:
     do_something_else()
Faisal Julaidan
Faisal Julaidan
13,944 Points

aha, so it not like Java and some other language so when do I use index with strings? Never?

Faisal Julaidan
Faisal Julaidan
13,944 Points
Faisal Julaidan
Faisal Julaidan
13,944 Points

ohhh i figured it out now the method index return a integer and inside the parentheses i specifiy the letter that I want to return its index