it returns a list of teachers with the number of classes but it is saying it is wrong. Not sure what to change

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Third challenge. It is returning correctly but it the prompt said it didn't get what was expected.

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(dictionary):
  max_count=0
  most_classes = {}
  for key,value in dictionary.items():
    teacher_value = len(value)
    if teacher_value > max_count:
      most_classes = key   
      max_count = teacher_value
  return(most_classes)

def num_teachers(dictionary):
  teacher = 0
  for key in dictionary:
    teacher+=1
  return(teacher)

def stats(dictionary):
  stuff = []
  for key, value in dictionary.items():
    piece = "{}, {}".format(key,len(value))
    piece = piece.split(",")
    stuff.append(piece)
  return(stuff)

Answer 1 · 2015-05-10T08:41:18Z

May 10, 2015 8:41am

You are very close but the count value is returning as a string instead of as an integer. Changing your stats() function slightly:

def stats(dictionary):
  stuff = []
  for key, value in dictionary.items():
    #piece = "{}, {}".format(key,len(value))
    #piece = piece.split(",")
    piece = [key, len(value)] #<-- create list with teacher name and integer count
    stuff.append(piece)
  return(stuff)

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it returns a list of teachers with the number of classes but it is saying it is wrong. Not sure what to change

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