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

Reese Lynn
Reese Lynn
974 Points
Posted by Reese Lynn
Reese Lynn
974 Points

Can't get the right number of teachers?

What am I not doing right?

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):
    teachers = {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],
                'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
    print(len(teachers))

1 Answer

Ernestas Petruoka
Ernestas Petruoka
1,856 Points
Ernestas Petruoka
Ernestas Petruoka
1,856 Points

You need use return not print, also you don't need write teachers dictionary by yourself, you will get it passed in function argument. So delete teachers = {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'], 'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']} line and change print into return and it should work fine.