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

Wow, I just can't stump you! OK, two more to go. I think this one's my favorite, though. Create a function named most_c

i need pointers on this one. 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):
    teacher_count = 0
    for teacher in teachers:
        teacher_count +=1    
    return teacher_count

def num_courses(teachers):
    total_courses = 0
    for value in teachers.values():
        for course in value:
            total_courses +=1    
    return total_courses

def courses(teachers):
    total_courses = []
    for value in teachers.values():
        total_courses += value    
    return total_courses

def most_courses(teachers):
    max_courses = 0
    bestteacher = ""
    for key,value in teachers.item():
        if len(values)> max_courses:
            max_course = len(value)
            bestteacher = teacher
    return bestteacher

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

The logic looks good :+1:, but you have some mixed terms and/or spelling issues:

  • "item" instead of "items"
  • "values" instead of "value"
  • "teacher" instead of "key"

Fix those and you should pass.