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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Yemurai Ngoma
Yemurai Ngoma
4,217 Points

continents list

how do l print continents that begin with "A"? how does the index function apply in this area?

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

1 Answer

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

The hint states: Remember that you can access characters in a string by index

The syntax uses an index in square brackets after the string. In this case continent[0] will be the first character, since indexing starts at zero. So in your loop you can compare the first character of each continent to "A" and if true then print the bulleted continent name.