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

Alvis Chen
Alvis Chen
4,548 Points
Posted by Alvis Chen
Alvis Chen
4,548 Points

This challenge has several steps so take your time, read the instructions carefully, and feel free to experiment in Work

Help, please!

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):
    count = 0
    for teacher in teachers:
        count += 1
        return count
def num_teachers(teachers)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

You're close, but the "return" statement is inside the loop, which means the function will end during the first pass. But it should be outside the loop (indented less) so that it will return the total after the loop is finished.

Also, there's a stray duplicate "def" line at the end of the file.