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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Devan Laton
Devan Laton
478 Points
Posted by Devan Laton
Devan Laton
478 Points

I don't know how to seperate the continents that start with "A"

I need help with separating the continents that start with "A". it's been a little bit since i learned how to use indexi

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
    if [0] == 'A':
        print("* "  + continent)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,745 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,745 Points

You have the right idea to use indexing to isolate the first character, but to make it work the index needs to be added to the string variable's name.

So instead of just [0] you should have continent[0]