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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Keith Griffin
Keith Griffin
4,833 Points
Posted by Keith Griffin
Keith Griffin
4,833 Points

for continent in continents[0:2]: print("*" + continent) My code works in the workspace, but not for this question.

make a bulleted list, should look like:

*Asia *South America

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents[0:2]:
  print("*" + continent)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The workspace can show that code runs, but it has no way to check if your code meets the task requirements.

I see two issues:

  • you need a space in the string with the "bullet" to separate it from the name
  • you don't need a slice, you want to display the entire list