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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Haoyu Yu
Haoyu Yu
1,497 Points

When I run task 4, it says task 1 is no longer passing.

How do I skip this and go to next course.

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(teachers_dict):
    max_count = 0
    for teacher in teachers_dict:
        if len(teachers_dict[teacher]) > max_count:
            max_count = len(teachers_dict[teacher])
            best_teacher = teacher
    return best_teacher

def num_teachers(teachers_dict):
    total_count = 0
    for teacher in teachers_dict:
        total_count +=1
    return total_count

def stats(teachers_dict):
    teachers_list = []
    for teacher in teachers_dict:
        teachers_list.append([teacher, len(teachers_dict[teacher])])
    return teachers_list 

def courses(teachers_dict):
    courses_list = []
    for teacher in teachers_dict:
        for course in teachers_dict[teacher]
        courses_list.append(course)
    return courses_list

1 Answer

Stephen Gheysens
Stephen Gheysens
11,935 Points

Hi Haoyu,

These types of challenges will fail entirely if you have syntax errors and the code can't compile - it says task 1 is failing, just because your program can't run as it is now.

Your syntax errors are in your courses function - make sure that you're indenting and using semicolons (:) properly, Python is very strict about the layout of your code in this regard. Let me know if you can't figure out what's wrong!

Thanks, Stephen