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

Odane Williams
Odane Williams
6,692 Points

Why does the challenge return bummer Try Again? It worked in workspaces.

Is it an an error in syntax>

teachers.py
# The dictionary will look something like:
# {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],
#  'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
# 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(dict):
    return len(dict.keys())

def num_courses(dict):
    total = 0
    for value in dict.values():
        total += (len(value))
    return total

def courses(dict):
    total_list = []
    for value in dict.values():
        for item in value:
            total_list.append(item)
    print(total_list)

def most_courses(dict):
    leader = 0
    teacher_most = ""
    for key, value in dict.items():
        if len(value) > leader:
            leader = len(value)
            teacher_most = key
    return teacher_most

def stats(dict):
    teacher_stats = []
    for key, value in dict.items():
        teacher_stats.append([key, len(value)])
    return teacher_stats

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points

Your third function prints the result rather than returns it. Simply change that line to a return statement and everything else looks good.