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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Antonio Rodrigues
Antonio Rodrigues
1,218 Points

Print a bulleted list of each continent from the continents list.

i dont understand how to do this

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

print("continents:)
for continent in continents:
      print("*" +continents)
# Your code here
Thien Nguyen
Thien Nguyen
20,555 Points

Here is the answer: continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia'] for continent in continents: print("* " + continent)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The variable "continents" (plural) is the entire list, The loop gives you each of them one at a time as "continent" (singular).

Also, your first "print" statement has unbalanced quotes (only one instead of a pair). And you'll need a space after the asterisk to make the output look like the sample.

You need a space after the asterix *

continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for x in continents:
    print("* "+ x)