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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Clayton Sibanda
Clayton Sibanda
5,044 Points

list challenge:task 2 of 2

having problem finishing the challenge continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']

Your code here

print("continents") for continent in continents: print("* " + continent) continents = [0], [3], [5], [6] print("continents") for continent in continents: print("* " + continent)

continents.py 
continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']
# Your code here
print("continents")
for continent in continents:
    print("* " + continent)
continents = [0], [3], [5], [6]
print("continents")
for continent in continents:
    print("* " + continent)

2 Answers

Dave Harker
PLUS
Dave Harker
Courses Plus Student 15,510 Points
Dave Harker
Dave Harker
Courses Plus Student 15,510 Points

Hi Clayton Sibanda,

In part 2, we have to:

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

Strangely, despite being told:

Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task.

I found that if I didn't get rid of the code from part 1, it wouldn't accept it. Also the challenge encourages you to use character index in the string. You could try something like: 

continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']
# Your code here
# Loop through the continents array
for continent in continents:
    # Check first letter of each continent to check if it is/equals (==) 'A'
    if continent[0] == 'A':
        # If it is 'A' then print it out as per requirement
        print('* ' + continent)

Good effort! Best of luck moving forward and as always ... happy coding!
Dave :dizzy:

Clayton Sibanda
Clayton Sibanda
5,044 Points

Thanks very much

Denzel Brighton Chikodzi
Denzel Brighton Chikodzi
2,218 Points
Denzel Brighton Chikodzi
Denzel Brighton Chikodzi
2,218 Points

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

Your code here

for continent in continents:' if continent[0] == 'A':

    print('* ' + continent)