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Python

Posted by Kathy Kinsella
Kathy Kinsella
1,306 Points

Indentation error on Continents task

I keep getting an indentation error on this and have tried indenting and unindenting every line and am getting nowhere. Indenting is something i am still unsure how and when to do it. here is what I got so far.

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

3 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

One more change. With an s continents[0] refers to the first item in continents which is 'Asia'. Without an s continent[0] refers to the first character in continent which is what you want:

for continent in continents:
    if continent[0] == "A":
        print("* " + continent)
Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,460 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,460 Points

The if block needs to be indented under the for loop.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,898 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,898 Points

As Chris said, plus the "print" will need to be indented further to keep it controlled by the "if":

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

Also see Kris(K)'s explanation regarding the conditional expression..