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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Adam Kroner
Adam Kroner
1,460 Points
Posted by Adam Kroner
Adam Kroner
1,460 Points

string indexing

I do not understand what I am missing here, indexing seems to be counted correctly but I keep getting a traceback of string index out of range.

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

The "continent" variable represents the current name. Not all names have 7 or more characters.

You only need the same print statement you used for task 1. Just add an "if" to control when it happens, and have it test the first character (index 0) to see if it is "A".