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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Thabang Richard Katlholo
Thabang Richard Katlholo
3,761 Points

how do i print out certain items from a list

i'd like you to now print continents starting with letter A only

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

1 Answer

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

To print out only certain items, you can control when the "print" runs by using an "if" statement.

In this case, you would create a conditional expression for the "if" that compares the first letter of the word (selected by indexing with brackets) to the letter "A".

But you will still need the loop that you used to pass task 1!