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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

The second task is such a drag, need hepl

functions and dictionaries

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(tdic):
  maxn = 0
  prof = ""
  nlist = []
  for pro in tdic:
    nlist = tdic[pro]
    if len (nlist) > maxn: 
      maxn = len(nlist)
      prof = pro
    return prof

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,426 Points

MUZ140890 David Duri , Looking specifically at your code, it appears your return statement is overly indented and is within the for loop. This will return from your function on the first iteration. Try unindenting the return to line up with the for statement:

def most_classes(tdic):
    maxn = 0
    prof = ""
    nlist = []
    for pro in tdic:
        nlist = tdic[pro]
        if len (nlist) > maxn: 
            maxn = len(nlist)
            prof = pro
    return prof

I've increased the indentation to 4 spaces for clarity

Thanks A bunch Chris

Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points

Here ya go man,

I wrote this up for another post. That being said I don't wanna sound like a douche but this has been answered in the forum a ton. And yeah I get it I sound like one saying that but whatever.

Answer example link

apologies for being a pest. i appreciate the help