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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Daniel Reis
Daniel Reis
1,050 Points
Posted by Daniel Reis
Daniel Reis
1,050 Points

Error with Challenge Task 2 of 2: - I got the answer that was asked but it's showing wrong?

The question asks: I'd like you to now only print continents that begin with the letter "A". HINT: Remember that you can access characters in a string by index.

I got:

Asia Africa Antarctica Australia

The code: continents = [ 'Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia' ] for continent in continents: if continent[0].lower() == "a": print (continent)

Why is it showing Assertion Error? I ran this code on Repl.it and worked fine too.

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
    if continent[0] == "A":
        print(continent)

1 Answer

Mei Lee
Mei Lee
3,339 Points
Mei Lee
Mei Lee
3,339 Points

There should be an asterisk and space before each continent for this challenge.

Output should look similar to:

  • Asia
  • South America