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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

victor E
victor E
19,145 Points
Posted by victor E
victor E
19,145 Points

this one is easy but I am still having a hard time with it.

help :)

continents.py 
continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']
for continent in continents:
    if continents.(0)= a:
        print("* " + continent)
    else:
        continue
Alan Kuo
Alan Kuo
7,697 Points
Alan Kuo
Alan Kuo
7,697 Points

The quiz asks you to use an if loop

1 Answer

Nick Budak
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Nick Budak
Courses Plus Student 12,149 Points
Nick Budak
Nick Budak
Courses Plus Student 12,149 Points

Hi Victor,

You don't need an if condition, since you're just printing all the continents regardless of their name. Try getting rid of your if and else lines and just using the print statement and you should be good.

Moderator Edit: Moved response from Comment Section to Answer section as it provides an answer.

Jason Anders
Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

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Lex Dunko
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Lex Dunko
Data Analysis Techdegree Student 4,449 Points
Lex Dunko
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Lex Dunko
Data Analysis Techdegree Student 4,449 Points

Hi Nick,

I'm not sure this answers his questions. The challenge is to "only print continents that begin with the letter "A". HINT: Remember that you can access characters in a string by index"

I'm stuck on the same problem.