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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Emily Strobl
Emily Strobl
5,429 Points

help me part 2

im trying to indext but i keep getting errors

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

1 Answer

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

So you need to add two things, you need to check if the country begins with "A". To do so the first thing we need to think about is how to access the first letter of a string, you can do this like so:

my_string[0]

Like lists, strings in python can be accessed by index.

Hope this helps!

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

If you need any more help feel free to ask