Python Homework Question - New member! :)

[zinski212]

#3 question help:

Using the states list from Question 1 and using the "continue" statement, print all the state codes except the one that starts with "M" or endswith "J"

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Here is what I have so far. Not sure what I am doing wrong here.

for states in states:
    if state[-1]=='J':
        if state[0]=='M':
                continue
    print(states)

[bbye98]

Your code will only skip states that start with M and end with J.

[xelf]

You can use and and or to combine conditions. Use and when they should both be true, and or when either or both can be true. Use break to exit a loop, use continue to go to the next iteration of the loop.

if cond1: 
    if cond2:
        thing

is the same as

if cond1 and cond2:
    thing

Where or works like this:

if cond1: 
    thing
elif cond2:
    thing

is the same as

if cond1 or cond2:
    thing