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Joni Mok
Python Development Techdegree Student 1,893 PointsI cannot figure this out with the second task. I need help!
I tried to put the index that begins with letter "A", but it didn't work. I really am not able to figure this out. I need your help. thank you very much!
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
print("* " + continent[0, 3, 5, 6])
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there, Joni Mok ! The for loop takes each item and looks at it one at a time. It is assigned to the variable continent. Just like you can use the [] to indicate an index in a list, you can also use the same syntax for strings.
my_string = "Hi, Joni"
print(my_string[4])
# output: "J"
As you are looping through the continents, you need an if statement here. You need to check if continent[0] (the first letter) is equal to "A". Inside the if, use the print statement you had from the previous step of this challenge.
Hope this helps!
