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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Tinashe Steve Chipangura
Tinashe Steve Chipangura
1,000 Points

how do i write the code please help

I'd like you to now only print continents that begin with the letter "A".

HINT: Remember that you can access characters in a string by index

Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task.

continents.py

continents = [

'Asia',

'South America',

'North America',

'Africa',

'Europe',

'Antarctica',

'Australia',

]

for continent in continents:

print("* " + continent)

​

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
    print("* " + continent)
Yamil Pérez
Yamil Pérez
Courses Plus Student 2,054 Points

for continent in continents: print("* " + continent) Your code looks right. you should check he indentation

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Hi Tinashe Steve Chipangura! Am I correct that you need help with the second part of this challenge?

2 Answers

Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points
Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points

Ok! Thanks for the heads up. i will do better.

Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points
Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points

for the second part you might want to try something like this:

for continent in continents:
    if continent[0] == 'A':
        print("* {}".format(continent))
Tinashe Steve Chipangura
Tinashe Steve Chipangura
1,000 Points

thanks very much hey, it worked

Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points
Caleb Newell
Caleb Newell
12,562 Points

Your welcome. Glad to help :)

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Hey Caleb Newell! I'm glad to see you want to help, that's great. :) I just want to let you know, it is usually frowned on to just give the answer to the challenge without an explanation of why and how it works.

Happy coding!