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5,124 Pointsi have tried many times but could not get it right
where am i getting wrong please help
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
# Your code here
print("continent :")
for continent in continents :
print("* " + continent)
for continent in continents :
if continent.startswith("A"):
print("* " + continent )
2 Answers
Hardeep Asrani
11,645 PointsYou just have to check the continent string by its index
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for continent in continents :
if continent[0] == 'A':
print("* " + continent)
Myers Carpenter
6,421 PointsYour code is fine, you just need to remove the loop that printed all the continents.