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Python Flask Basics Character Builder Loop Nested Items

Darel Bitsy
Darel Bitsy
6,910 Points
Posted by Darel Bitsy
Darel Bitsy
6,910 Points

Code challenge (Flask course) i dont find the mistake ?

Here is my code

<ul class="teachers"> {% for name in teachers %} <li><h2> {{ name }} </h2></li> {% endfor %} </ul>

I don't understand why I'm not passing this code challenge

flask_app.py 
from flask import Flask, render_template

from teachers import TEACHERS

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/')
def index():
    return render_template("teachers.html", teachers=TEACHERS)
templates/teachers.html 
<ul class="teachers">
{% for name in teachers %}
  <li><h2> {{ name }} </h2></li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Code challenges are super picky. You had extra spaces that the challenge wasn't expecting. The spaces inside of the {{ }} is fine but everything outside is counted. You had spaces outside of the {{ }} too which made you not able to pass :)

Instead of:

<li><h2> {{ name }} </h2></li>

Which is a really good attempt, try this instead:

<li><h2>{{ name }}</h2></li>

Good luck! ~Alex

Darel Bitsy
Darel Bitsy
6,910 Points
Darel Bitsy
Darel Bitsy
6,910 Points

Hi Alex actually tried this :) but no luck, the real answer was that it's a dictionary and I need to print the key name of every teacher

Darel Bitsy
Darel Bitsy
6,910 Points
Darel Bitsy
Darel Bitsy
6,910 Points

I already found my error, I was assuming that teachers is a list, but it's a dictionary with a key name, sorry to disturb you guys

new code

<ul class="teachers"> {% for teacher in teachers %} <li><h2> {{ teacher['name'] }} </h2></li> {% endfor %} </ul>

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Good catch! :)