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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Petko Draganov
PLUS
Petko Draganov
Courses Plus Student 2,005 Points
Posted by Petko Draganov
Petko Draganov
Courses Plus Student 2,005 Points

Bummer! Didn't get the right number of teachers!

No one of my codes passing!

Only show me: didn't get the right number

I am exhausted, in console seems to work.

Can anyone help me with this ?

Thanks

teachers.py 
# The dictionary will look something like:
# {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],
#  'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
#
# Each key will be a Teacher and the value will be a list of courses.
#
# Your code goes below here.

def num_teachers(dict):
    dict = {
        'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],
        'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']
    }
    teachers = 0
    for key in dict.keys():
        teachers += 1 
    return teachers

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are so close. Do not redefine the argument provided by the challenge checker. By reassigning dict, you overwrite the value used to test your code. Also, it's best not to use keywords as variable names. By using "dict" you overwrite the dict class.