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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points
Posted by Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points

Indexing on the Continents part 2

I don't know if my spacing is off in this or if it is the formatting. I rewatched the Indexing video a bunch and have rewatched mostly all of the List Videos.

if anyone has an answer on what I'm doing wrong, please share.

Thanks, Dallas

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
print("continents with A's: {}".format)

print("{}".format(continents[0]))
print("{}".format(continents[3]))
print("{}".format(continents[-2]))
print("{}".format(continents[-1]))

for continent in continents:
    print()

2 Answers

Sean Layton
Sean Layton
1,722 Points 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]

for continet in continents:
    if continet[0]== "A":
        print("* " + continet)
                              ```
Sean Layton
Sean Layton
1,722 Points

the spacing should look like this *ignore the tick mark at the end hope this helped:)

Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points
Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points

Sean,

Thank you for the response! I see how the spacing can be so critical. Totally forgot about the 4 space rule!

Thank you for the response in the actual perfect EX form above! I was able to really pick up on how the spacing should be.

Clean!! thank you!

Sean Layton
Sean Layton
1,722 Points
Sean Layton
Sean Layton
1,722 Points

you can say for continent in continents if continent[0] == 'a': print (continent)

Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points
Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points

for continent in continents: if continent[0] == "A": print(continent)

when I put that into the comp is still says that it can't locate.

"Bummer: AssertionError: '* Asia' not found in 'Asia\nAfrica\nAntarctica\nAustralia' : Hmm...not finding the correct items in your output"

is my spacing wrong?