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2,885 PointsNeed help with this question on python
I don't know how to print the list with only the countries name beginning with 'A'
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
print("continents:")
for continent in continents:
print("* " + continent)
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsYou can add an "if" statement to control the "print" that checks if the first character of "continent" is "A".
You can get a specific character from a string using indexing (a number in brackets after the variable name).
jhon white
20,006 Pointscheck = 'A' print("continents: ") for idx in continents: if idx[0]== check: print("* " + idx)