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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Kushagra Shukla
Kushagra Shukla
Courses Plus Student 293 Points

how to iterate using for loop

What is another way to do the iteration using for loop?

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
    i=0
    while i<2:
        print("*"+continent[i])
# Your code here
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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nakalkucing
nakalkucing
12,964 Points

Hi Kushagra Shukla! I really like seeing other people's different coding solutions. (Yours is a neat one.) I look forward to seeing any other ways people post here! But, here's the unimaginative ;) way I did it:

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

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Kushagra Shukla
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Kushagra Shukla
Courses Plus Student 293 Points
Kushagra Shukla
Kushagra Shukla
Courses Plus Student 293 Points

nakalkucing That will print the entire list. What if i have to print only the first two elements of the list?

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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Hmmm... I see. Sorry about that. Kicking myself for not paying enough attention. ;)

I'm now experimenting with the code to find a way to print off the first 2 elements of the list. :)

nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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Ok. After consulting a friend, we came up with this:

i=0
for continent in continents:
    if i < 2:
        print("* " + continent)
        i += 1
nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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nakalkucing
nakalkucing
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Just being silly here, Kushagra Shukla. But, if you need the first two elements printed out in place of every other element of the list...

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

Happy Coding! :)