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Python Python Basics (2015) Shopping List App Continue

Posted by Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points

Need help in Challenge for Shopping list 2 section

I need help with this question. Not sure how to identify index 0 character of a work. Please advise.

"Same idea as the last one. My loopy function needs to skip an item this time, though. Loop through each item in items again. If the character at index 0 of the current item is the letter "a", continue to the next one. Otherwise, print out the current member. Example: ["abc", "xyz"] will just print "xyz"."

def loopy(items): # Code goes here for item in items: print(item) except item == "a"

breaks.py 
def loopy(items):
    # Code goes here
    for item in items:
        print(item)
        except item == "a"

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

Given a string in variable item you can check if the first character is an "a" using the comparison 

if item[0] == "a":

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!

Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points
Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points

Thanks a lot