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Start your free trialSantiago Cabrera
11,087 PointsWhy it doesn't work?
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# 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(dictionary):
return len(dictionary.keys())
def num_courses(dictionary):
course_dict = {}
for courses in dictionary.values():
for course in courses:
if course in course_dict:
course_dict[course] += 1
else:
course_dict[course] = 1
total = 0
for value in course_dict.values():
total += value
return total
def courses(dictionary):
course_dict = {}
for courses in dictionary.values():
for course in courses:
course_dict[course] = 1
return course_dict.keys()
def most_courses(dictionary):
most = {"teacher": None, "Courses"=0}
for teacher in dictionary.keys():
teacher_courses = len(dictionary[teacher])
if teacher_courses >= most["Courses"]:
most["teacher"]=teacher
most["Courses"]=teacher_courses
return most["teacher"]
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsYou are SO close! There is a syntax error in the most
assignment. The second argument needs to use a colon (:) instead of an equals sign.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!