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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by sterlyng roehrig
sterlyng roehrig
835 Points

Cant concatenate str and list?

I'm confused, i literally just did this in the workspace and no issues and now im getting Type Error?

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

1 Answer

Cody Travis
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Cody Travis
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Cody Travis
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Cody Travis
Python Development Techdegree Graduate 13,174 Points

Hey there! You have a simple typo :) it should be:

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

You added an S at the end of + continent.

sterlyng roehrig
sterlyng roehrig
835 Points

omg...thank you very much, i was going nuts