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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Kayla Johnson
Kayla Johnson
3,846 Points
Posted by Kayla Johnson
Kayla Johnson
3,846 Points

continents.py

I am not quite understanding where i've gone wrong here, help would be appreciated!

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

1 Answer

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,425 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,425 Points

Hi Kayla!

You're very close to the right answer.

Since you are iterating over the continents array using "for continent in continents", the current array element inside the loop has to be "continent" (singular).

Think the syntax, in effect being:

for (each) element in the array:
    # do something to the current element

This passes both:

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

So continent[0] is the first letter of the current element...

BTW, you can test it easily here:

https://www.katacoda.com/courses/python/playground

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!