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Start your free trialStephani Dudrak
1,614 PointsPrint continents starting with A
I don't understand why this isn't working. For each item in the list continents, if the 0th character is A, print the item.
Edit: the index needs to be in square brackets for some reason, but I don't understand why this works. It's not a list.
continents = [
'Asia',
'South America',
'North America',
'Africa',
'Europe',
'Antarctica',
'Australia',
]
# Your code here
for item in continents:
if item(0) == "A":
print("* " + item)
2 Answers
Pedro Cabral
33,586 PointsYou sort of answered the question already: "the index needs to be in square brackets".
At the moment you are using parenthesis instead of square brackets, hence the error.
Keenan Smith
Python Development Techdegree Student 5,487 PointsI was confused on this one too. I didn't think to use an if statement in the for-in loop. 😫
Stephani Dudrak
1,614 PointsStephani Dudrak
1,614 PointsI figured that out, but I don't understand why it's the answer.
Pedro Cabral
33,586 PointsPedro Cabral
33,586 PointsA string is an iterable data type, you can traverse it, eg:
In most languages it's just an array (list) of characters "stringed" together and as such you can access it by index.