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Angel Naranjo
30 PointsSomeone, please help me understand how to read this code.
continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']
for continent in continents:
if continent[0] == "A":
print("* " + continent)
Why does the "if continent[0]" have only the zero, wouldn't that only target just Asia?
continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']
for continent in continents:
if continent[0] == "A":
print("* " + continent)
1 Answer
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 PointscontinentS is the list, so continentS[0] would be Asia, but continenT is each item in the list in the for loop. continenT[0] would therefore be the first letter in each continent's name
Angel Naranjo
30 PointsAngel Naranjo
30 PointsThe variable "continents" is a placeholder for the set of string values, so "continent" is the variable name that is a placeholder for "continents". "continents[0]" is "Asia," NOT continent[0].
continent[0] is every first letter of each list item.
Thank you, James.