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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

David Garcia
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David Garcia
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David Garcia
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i forgot how to access a character in a string by index i must of forgotten to wright it down in my notes .

I dont under stand how to do this second part i missed it i guess. but i need to get the continents that start with 'a' to be reiterated or access a character 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("* ".format([0][3][5][-1]) + continent)

1 Answer

caits
caits
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You'll need an if statement to check that the first letter is 'A', then print only those continents.

for continent in continents:
    if continent[0] == 'A'
        print("* " + continent)
David Garcia
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David Garcia
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David Garcia
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David Garcia
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Thank you very much i have added this into my notes and now i understand what was needed to be done! also you forgot the " : " in your code but that's no problem

caits
caits
4,578 Points

Whoops! I'm sorry about that. I'm glad you knew better!