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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Misha Morse
Misha Morse
3,711 Points

Stuck on this challenge

I've tried everything I can imagine here. Just not sure what to do. I need to print indices 0,3,5,6 from this continents list in a bulleted fashion. The code here is my best guess

continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for (continents[0,3,5,6]) in continents:
    print ("* " + continent)

1 Answer

Ryan Groom
Ryan Groom
18,674 Points

Misha Morse So the challenge was actually asking that you print all elements of the array that begin with an "A", not specifically the elements at 0, 3, 5, and 6. This is why your code is not passing the test. One way to go about this solution would be as follows:

continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]

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

This code loops through all of the continents in the array and checks if the character at the 0th index (the first character) is equal to "A", and if that is the case then it will print the content with the asterisk in front of it. Hope this helps! let me know if you need any clarification!

Misha Morse
Misha Morse
3,711 Points

Thankyou so much Ryan