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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Ingrid Matthews
Ingrid Matthews
1,465 Points
Posted by Ingrid Matthews
Ingrid Matthews
1,465 Points

Completely stuck on this one

Can someone help me see what's wrong with this answer? Many thanks!

for continent in continents: if continent[0].lower() == "a": print(continent)

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for continent in continents:
    if continent[0].lower() == "a":
        print(continent)
Francesco Vertemati
Francesco Vertemati
8,223 Points
Francesco Vertemati
Francesco Vertemati
8,223 Points

Hi Ingrid! The test is asking for the first letter to be "A" so you can just write

if continent[0] == "A" :

also the test require the output to be formatted with asterisk and space before the name of the continent exactly like the previous one, so the last line should include "* " before the string continent

Best

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

You just forgot to prefix the name with a "bullet" (asterisk). Fix that and it will pass.

It's a bit fancier than needed though, since the instructions only ask you to test for "A" (capital). So you can test for it directly and don't need the case conversion.