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Python Introducing Lists Using Lists Continental

Posted by Ritik Parihar
Ritik Parihar
2,169 Points

i don't know how to do this?

how do print only continents that start with letter "a"?

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

2 Answers

tomtrnka
tomtrnka
9,780 Points
tomtrnka
tomtrnka
9,780 Points 
for continent in continents:
    if continent[0].lowercase() == "a":
         print("* {}".format(continent))
Ritik Parihar
Ritik Parihar
2,169 Points

thankx dude , appreciate the help!

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

You're close, but you wouldn't use string formatting and concatenation at the same time. Plus when using "format", the value to be substituted for the placeholder needs to be passed as a function argument:

    print("* {}".format(continent))
Ritik Parihar
Ritik Parihar
2,169 Points

thankx, really appreciate the help!