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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by kaveri Arkasali
kaveri Arkasali
1,048 Points

i am not able to understand the error in my code plzzz help

continents are given i needed to print the continents start with "A"

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for continent in continents:
    if continents[0]=="A" and "a":
        print("* {}".format(continent))

1 Answer

Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
18,674 Points
Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
18,674 Points

kaveri Arkasali I just recently answered this question for another student, but this would be a viable solution:

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

for continent in continents:
    if (continent[0]) == "A":
        print ("* " + continent)

This code loops through all of the continents in the array and checks if the character at the 0th index (the first character) is equal to "A", and if that is the case then it will print the content with the asterisk in front of it. Hope this helps! let me know if you need any clarification!