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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by isaacrichardson
isaacrichardson
14,313 Points

i'd like you to now only print continents that begin with the letter "A".

Ive looked back on the videos and I still don't how you are meant to find a "A" at the start of a string in a list.

1 Answer

Kirsten Smith
Kirsten Smith
3,484 Points
Kirsten Smith
Kirsten Smith
3,484 Points

When you have a string, you can get a specific character from that string by using string_name[index] where index is the index number. In this case, they are asking you to check at index=0, or the beginning of the string. 

if my_string[0] == 'a':
    #add the rest of your code here

You want to have something like this within your for loop. I hope this helps