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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Ehor Stashchyshyn
Ehor Stashchyshyn
4,579 Points
Posted by Ehor Stashchyshyn
Ehor Stashchyshyn
4,579 Points

I cant understand how I should do it

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

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for continent in continents:
    print('* ' + continent)

1 Answer

Jassim Alhatem
Jassim Alhatem
20,883 Points 
for continent in continents:
    if continent[0].lower() == "a":
        print('* ' + continent)

By using continent[0] you're accessing the first letter of the element.