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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Gard Sveipe Bahmanyar
Gard Sveipe Bahmanyar
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Posted by Gard Sveipe Bahmanyar
Gard Sveipe Bahmanyar
1,693 Points

how?

How?

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]

for continent in continents:
    if len(continent) = A:
        print(" * " +continent)

1 Answer

Megan Amendola
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Hi, Gard! In your code here:

for continent in continents:
    if len(continent) = A:
        print(" * " +continent)

You are checking the len(continent) == A. len() gives you back the length of whatever you put in so it is checking a number against A. For example, 'Asia' is the first continent in your loop so it will check len('Asia') which is 4, if 4 == A will never be true since they are not equal. (Also, you need the string 'A' and not A. You also need == and not =.)

Instead, you need to access the first letter of each string and check it against the string 'A' to see if they are equal.

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