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1,649 PointsI can't understand "Please don't alter the continents list" error, I didn't even touch it!!
...
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
# Your code here
print("Continents:")
for continents in continents:
print("* " + continents)
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsYou need to choose a different name for the loop variable. Using "continents" as both the iterator and loop variable causes it to be overwritten at the beginning of the loop.
for continents in continents:
# ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
# loop var iterator