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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Roberto Quintero
Roberto Quintero
9,046 Points

The preview pane is showing no errors, but the answer is still wrong

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

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

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Task 2 will involve using an if statement. Have you scrolled down to see all of the test preview results?

Your current code yields:

Task #2
F
======================================================================
FAIL: test_filtered (__main__.TestFilteringExecution)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 14, in test_filtered
AssertionError: 'South America' unexpectedly found in '* Asia\n* South America\n* North America\n* Africa\n* Europe\n* Antarctica\n* Australia' : Whoops! I found a country that didn't start with A in your output
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi Roberto!

This passes task 1:

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

This passes task 2:

continents = [
    'Asia',
    'South America',
    'North America',
    'Africa',
    'Europe',
    'Antarctica',
    'Australia',
]
for continent in continents:
    if continent[0] == 'A':
        print("*", continent)

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

"Simple" code solution answers are to be discouraged.