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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Gianpaul Rachiele
Gianpaul Rachiele
4,844 Points
Posted by Gianpaul Rachiele
Gianpaul Rachiele
4,844 Points

It keeps telling me that task 1 isn't passing when I haven't changed anything about the previous code

After completing Task one which is to return the teacher with the most courses. I add the code to find the number of teachers in the dictionary without changing any of the code above and it tells me that task 1 is no longer passing. HELP!

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey there.

The "Task one is no longer passing" is kind of a misleading error. It really has nothing to do with Task one, but rather the task you are on has something wrong in the code. This is just the way the code checker works. So, don't worry about going back to Task One, just work on trying to find your error in the current task.

If you need help troubleshooting, you will need to paste your code in the forum with a detailed explanation of what is expected and what is the error. You can try the "attach my code" from the "Get Help" area, but I know that Treehouse has been experiencing problems with this function as of late... I'm not sure if this has been corrected yet. But you can always copy/paste.

:)

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

The most common error causing Task 1 to suddenly fail is a syntax error in the current code that prevents all previous checks from passing. The top three syntax errors are a missing quote (") or ('), a missing trailing paren ), or an indentation error.