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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Lauren Fisk
Lauren Fisk
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Posted by Lauren Fisk
Lauren Fisk
1,674 Points

Phython Lists - trying to "only print continents that begin with the letter "A"."

I'm trying to figure out how to only print the continents that start with the letter "A". The hint says to access characters in a string by index, and I'm getting lost when I try to tell it to use 0, 3, 5 and 6. Am I on the right track using {}.format?

Here is the question: I'd like you to now only print continents that begin with the letter "A". HINT: Remember that you can access characters in a string by index

continents = [ 'Asia', 'South America', 'North America', 'Africa', 'Europe', 'Antarctica', 'Australia', ] for continent in continents: 

print("* {}".format(continents[0]))
continents.py 
continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents: 

    print("* {}".format(continents[]))

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there, Lauren Fisk! Using format is perfectly fine :smiley: However, I think you are misinterpreting the hint. Just like we can get an individual element from a list using an index, we can use the same technique to get an individual letter from a string. For example:

student_name = "Lauren"
print(student_name[0])
#  prints out "L"
print(student_name[3])
# prints out "r"

You want the same print statement you had in the previous step, but this time, you want in if statement that says if the first letter (index 0 of the string) is equal to "A", print that continent.

Hope this helps! :sparkles: