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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points
Posted by Nicholas Dallas
Nicholas Dallas
2,691 Points

for in method won't work for some reason.

was just wondering if I did something wrong here because the assertion error keeps coming up saying that I alerted the text.

please let me know if it is just my coding.

Thank you, Dallas

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

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You don't want to use the same name for the loop variable as you do for the iterator. A good name for the variable might be "continent" (singular), since the loop will put one at a time into it.

for continent in continents:

And it looks like you have too many spaces beside the "bullet" (asterisk). The challenges can be very picky about output formats!