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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by slavi bomb
slavi bomb
1,940 Points

"introducing lists" challenge task 2 of 2

I cant seem to get the challenge correctly what am i doing wrong?... i have ran the code in workspaces and it seems to be right and working but not when I am running it in the challenge area. been stuck for ages

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

1 Answer

Mark Sebeck
MOD
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 38,297 Points
Mark Sebeck
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 38,297 Points

hi Slavi. The good news is your code is correct. The question is written a little confusing. They only want the ones that start with an A. So get rid of what you did for step 1 and add the * to your print for the ones starting with A.

slavi bomb
slavi bomb
1,940 Points

Thank you