Small Basic Exercise: European Capitals

Here's a special exercise to try out! See if you can do it, and head to the forum if you have any questions!


Write a program that provides a review of selected European countries and their capitals. Create an array that associates a country’s name with its capital like this:

capital["Netherlands"] = "Amsterdam"

capital["Greece"]        = "Athens"

capital["Serbia"]         = "Belgrade"

capital["Germany"]     = "Berlin"


Include this data:

Belgium (Brussels); France (Paris); Germany (Berlin); Greece (Athens);
Ireland (Dublin); Italy (Rome); Poland (Warsaw); Portugal (Lisbon); Spain
(Madrid); United Kingdom (London)


Have your program prompt the user to enter the name of a country and then show her its capital like in the following sample run:

Enter the name of a European country: France

The capital of France is Paris


Enter the name of a European country: Germany

The capital of Germany is Berlin


Enter the name of a European country: Japan

Sorry, I don't know this


Next, update your program so that your user can enter the capital and get the country instead!


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   - Ninja Ed & Majed Marji


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