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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Posted by Ryan Lail
Ryan Lail
4,386 Points

So I started this code challenge, but I got kinda stuck...

Here's how far I got. Any help?

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(dict_of_teachers):
  max_count = 0
  max_count_teacher = ''
  for value in dict_of_teachers.values():
    if len(value) > max_count:
      max_count = len(value)
      max_count_teacher = #teacher name

1 Answer

Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points

You're almost there, I modified the code a little bit, you also forgot the return statement.

def most_classes(dict_of_teachers):
  max_count = 0
  max_count_teacher = ''
  for key, value in dict_of_teachers.items():
    if len(value) > max_count:
      max_count = len(value)
      max_count_teacher = key
  return max_count_teacher