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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Rukshana Fahima
Rukshana Fahima
2,921 Points

after making a list in python, how do i call specific words starting with a specific letter?

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continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for continent in continents:
    print("* " + continent[0])

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

If you check the output you will see you are printing a bulleted list of the first character for each item in continents. So you know how to get the first character. To print a list of items that begin with a certain letter you could use an if condition that compares the first character to that letter and if they match print the bulleted continent.