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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Confusion with teacher.py.

Task 4 error states there are 18 courses, but there are only 5 courses in the sample dict.

teachers.py
# The dictionary will be something like:
# {'Jason Seifer': ['Ruby Foundations', 'Ruby on Rails Forms', 'Technology Foundations'],
#  'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
#
# Often, it's a good idea to hold onto a max_count variable.
# Update it when you find a teacher with more classes than
# the current count. Better hold onto the teacher name somewhere
# too!
#
# Your code goes below here.
def most_classes(tDict):
    teach = str("")
    count = int(0)
    for key in tDict:
        newCount = len(tDict[key])
        if newCount > count:
            count = newCount
            teach = key

    return teach


def num_teachers(tDict):
    count = int(0)
    for key in tDict:
        count += 1
    return count

def stats(tDict):
    tList = []
    lol = []
    for key in tDict:
        count = len(tDict[key])
        tList = [key, count]
        lol.append(tList)
    return lol

def courses(tDict):
    cList = []
    for key in tDict:
        cList.append(tDict[key])
    return cList

1 Answer

** OK, I got my answer **

For task 4, use cList.extend and not cList.append.

It makes a difference :)