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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by gopijhatothu
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gopijhatothu
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 647 Points

code is getting expected output

is there something wrong

continents.py 
continents = ['Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia']
for i in continents:
    print("* "+i)
for i in continents:
    if(i[0]=='A'):
        print(i)

1 Answer

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

You have two for loops and you only need one to complete both parts of the challenge. You need to move the if statement from the lower for loop to the first one, and add it before you print, then remove the lower for loop.

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