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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Sean Coutinho
Sean Coutinho
7,788 Points

Using For Loop to get selected elements from a list

From a list with all continents of the world, my code if failing to get continents that start with the letter 'A'. How should I go about it? Where am I going wrong?

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

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
    print('*', continent)

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

1 Answer

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

You should have only one loop. For task 2 you only need to add in the "if" statement, and adjust the indentation on the "print".