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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Sets Set Math

Daniel Adari
Daniel Adari
3,577 Points

Treehouse doesn't accept my code - already tested on my PC

I have tested the code on my pc (in pycharm) and it returned the right values. for some reason, Treehouse won't accept my code. Is it a bug? is my code incorrect?

sets.py
COURSES = {
    "Python Basics": {"Python", "functions", "variables",
                      "booleans", "integers", "floats",
                      "arrays", "strings", "exceptions",
                      "conditions", "input", "loops"},
    "Java Basics": {"Java", "strings", "variables",
                    "input", "exceptions", "integers",
                    "booleans", "loops"},
    "PHP Basics": {"PHP", "variables", "conditions",
                   "integers", "floats", "strings",
                   "booleans", "HTML"},
    "Ruby Basics": {"Ruby", "strings", "floats",
                    "integers", "conditions",
                    "functions", "input"}
}


def covers(topic):
    return_list = []
    for x in COURSES:
        value = COURSES[x]
        intersect = value.intersection(topic)
        if len(intersect) >= 1:
            return_list.append(x)
    return return_list


def covers_all(topic):
    return_list = []
    for x in COURSES:
        value = COURSES[x]
        intersect = value.intersection(topic)
        if len(intersect) >= len(topic):
            return_list.append(x)
        return return_list

1 Answer

Louise St. Germain
Louise St. Germain
19,424 Points

Hi Daniel,

You're very close! Your code has a tiny minor bug, which is that the return statement on the very last line is indented one level too far, so it returns (and therefore exits the for loop) after the first iteration. If you unindent that line by a level (so that it's at the same level as the for... statement, not the if... statement), it will run through the for loop for all items in the dictionary, and only return at the very end.

That should make it all work! Hope this helps!

Daniel Adari
Daniel Adari
3,577 Points

What a dumb mistake XD Thanks!