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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Membership

Arun Shivaramakrishna
Arun Shivaramakrishna
4,771 Points
Posted by Arun Shivaramakrishna
Arun Shivaramakrishna
4,771 Points

Please help find the mistake/error in the below code.

Write a function named members that takes two arguments, a dictionary and a list of keys. Return a count of how many of the keys are in the dictionary.

counts.py 
# You can check for dictionary membership using the
# "key in dict" syntax from lists.

### Example
# my_dict = {'apples': 1, 'bananas': 2, 'coconuts': 3}
# my_list = ['apples', 'coconuts', 'grapes', 'strawberries']
# members(my_dict, my_list) => 2

def members(my_dict,my_list):
  count = 0
  for key in my_list:
    if key in my_dict:
      count += 1
  continue  
  return count

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Arun,

Your continue statement is causing the error.

If you wanted to put it in you would need to indent it 1 more level so that it's part of the for loop.

It's not necessary though to have a continue statement at the end of the loop so you could take it out completely.