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1,502 PointsHow do you choose items from the list based on the first letter of the string?
How do you choose items from the list based on the first letter of the string being "A" and print them out?
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
print(continents[0], continents[3], continents[5], continents[6]zz
1 Answer
rydavim
18,814 PointsYou'll want to use an if statement before printing each item to check if it starts with an A. W3Schools has a good reference page for that here.
Here's a bit of pseudo code to get you started.
for continent in continents:
# if the first character == A:
# print the continent
If you still feel stuck, let me know and we can walk through a solution.