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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Teacher Stats: 4 of 5 - My solution seems to work in workspaces but fails in the challenge. What am I doing wrong?

Here is the function I added: def most_courses(courses): max_count = 0 for teacher in courses: if len(courses[teacher]) > max_count: max_count = len(courses[teacher]) max_teacher = teacher return max_teacher

I have tested this in workspaces with several iterations and seem to get the right response

teachers.py
# The dictionary will look something like:
# {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],
#  'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
#
# Each key will be a Teacher and the value will be a list of courses.
#
# Your code goes below here.

def num_teachers(teachers):
    return len(teachers)

def num_courses(teachers):
    total_courses = 0
    for teacher in teachers:
        total_courses += len(teachers[teacher])
    return total_courses

def courses(courses):
  all_courses = []
  for teacher in courses:
    all_courses += courses[teacher]
  return all_courses

def most_courses(courses):
  max_count = 0
  for teacher in courses:
    if len(courses[teacher]) > max_count:
      max_count = len(courses[teacher])
      max_teacher = teacher
    return max_teacher

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

You're returning inside the loop.

But you probably want to wait until the loop has checked all the values and finishes, and then return.

Thanks! That was it!