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Joshua Dam
7,148 PointsNot getting the right number of teachers
I found someone else's question and noticed they were using "return len(teachers_courses.keys())"
I used that instead and it worked. But why does that work vs. the method I tried using? I get the same number returned in Workspaces.
teach_dict = {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'], 'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
def num_teachers(teachers_courses):
number_teachers = 0
for teachers in teach_dict.keys():
number_teachers += 1
return number_teachers
1 Answer
Mike Wagner
23,559 PointsOkay, since you're actually defining your own teach_dict I'm going to assume you were testing this on your own system and passing that dictionary to your function for testing purposes. Following that logic, when you toss teach_dict to num_teach() as teacher_courses, you never actually do anything with it. It (teachers_courses) just sits there waiting while you reference the original variable that was defined outside of the function teach_dict, which is why the challenge isn't completing for you. If your goal is to complete the challenge, you need to remove your self-defined dictionary at the top, then actually use teachers_courses in your for-loop, then it should pass just fine.
Joshua Dam
7,148 PointsJoshua Dam
7,148 PointsOh man, I didn't even realize I did that. Late night coding. Thank you!