regimentNames = ['Night Riflemen', 'Jungle Scouts', 'The Dragoons', 'Midnight Revengence', 'Wily Warriors'] # create a variable for the loop results regimentNamesCapitalized_f = [] # for every item in regimentNames for i in regimentNames: # if the first letter of the regiment's name is N if i[0] == "N": # capitalize the item and add it to regimentNamesCapitalized_f regimentNamesCapitalized_f.append(i.upper()) # otherwise, add it to the new list without changing anything else: regimentNamesCapitalized_f.append(i) # View the outcome regimentNamesCapitalized_f regimentNamesCapitalized_l =[x.upper() if x[0] == "N" else x for x in regimentNames]; regimentNamesCapitalized_l