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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Paul Mc Gonigle
Paul Mc Gonigle
2,606 Points

How to i print things in a list only starting with the letter A?

Im struggling with printing a list of continents that only start with the letter A

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]

print("continents")
for continent in continents:
    print("* " + continent)

1 Answer

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

Add an "if" statement to control when the "print" will happen.

In the conditional expression, you can select a specific letter in a string using subscripting. Add brackets to the end of the variable name, and put an index number inside them that represents the position of the character you want to select (starting at 0).

Then you can do a comparison between that and what you want it to match (in this case, "A").