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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Movrard Herard
PLUS
Movrard Herard
Courses Plus Student 543 Points

cant figure out index exceptions

ive tried a couple ways to exclude non-A countries but nothing has worked. for example: except continents != (str[0] == "A")

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

It doesn't look like you've added any code for task 2 yet.

You'll probably want to put an "if" statement between the loop and the print lines, so the print only runs when the correct condition is met.

The challenge included this "HINT: Remember that you can access characters in a string by index". So if you used an index to access the first character you could compare it to a specific one you want to see.

Movrard Herard
Movrard Herard
Courses Plus Student 543 Points

Thank you for the reply. I have tried using a if statement but may be confused in my understanding of the writing logic. For example in between the loop and print ive written different lines such as

If continents(str[0] == "A"): or even If continents[[0]] == "A":. But its not working for me.

Thanks again

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

It looks like you have the right idea, but several syntax errors:

    If continents[[0]] == "A":
  • the keyword "if" must be lower case
  • index the current item to select the first letter (not the whole list)
  • a single pair of brackets can be used for indexing
  • the inner brackets create a list, but indices must be integers