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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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Posted by Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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So what is the solution?

Hi, I'm using this code which is printing all the continents but how do I print just Asia and South America? Thanks a ton!

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
# Your code here

for continent in continents:
    print('*' + continent)

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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You're almost there! You just need to add a space to prevent the 'bullet" from being against the name:

    print('* ' + continent)

Task 1 is to print all continents. Task 2 is to print only those beginning with "A" (which would not include "South America" since it begins with "S")..

If you're working on task 2 you'll need to add an "if" statement that isolates the first letter and compares it with "A". But both tasks require the output to have a "bullet" and a space before the name.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The task 2 "if" should test "continent" (singular) instead of the whole "continents" list.

And the "print" statement should be the same as for task 1 (with the "bullet" and space).

Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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Hey, thank you for clarifying. Also, I'm struggling with Task2. My code is below. Could you tell me what I can fix?

if continents[0] == 'A':

print (continents)
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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I added a comment to my answer.

Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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Shavez Memon
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Thanks for responding. I think I did as you told for Task2 and I still get an error:

if continent[0] == 'A':

print('* ' + continent)
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Check your indentation, otherwise it looks fine.

And when posting code to the forum, use Markdown formatting to preserve the appearance.