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2,412 PointsNeed help on only printing continents with the letter "A" out of a list
I'm stuck ive tried everything i can think of even trying to change list which you can't.
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsHere are a few hints:
- start by creating the code that prints out every item in the list
- add a conditional ("if") statement to control when the "print" is done
- have the conditional test the first letter to see if it is "A"
- you can isolate a specific letter in a string using indexing (a number in brackets)