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Start your free trialRitik Parihar
2,169 Pointsi don't know how to do this?
how do print only continents that start with letter "a"?
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for continent in continents :
print("* {} ".format() + continent)
2 Answers
tomtrnka
9,780 Pointsfor continent in continents:
if continent[0].lowercase() == "a":
print("* {}".format(continent))
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsYou're close, but you wouldn't use string formatting and concatenation at the same time. Plus when using "format", the value to be substituted for the placeholder needs to be passed as a function argument:
print("* {}".format(continent))
Ritik Parihar
2,169 Pointsthankx, really appreciate the help!
Ritik Parihar
2,169 PointsRitik Parihar
2,169 Pointsthankx dude , appreciate the help!