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Python

Jeremy Nootenboom
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Jeremy Nootenboom
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,876 Points
Posted by Jeremy Nootenboom
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Jeremy Nootenboom
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 6,876 Points

Code returns the desired output in Workspaces. Why won't the challenge (#5, stats) accept it?

Using the example dictionary provided:

teacher_dict = {'Andrew Chalkley': ['jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'],
                'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}

And the following function:

def stats(teacher_dict):
    lists = []
    for teacher in teacher_dict:
        teacher_dict[teacher] = len(teacher_dict.get(teacher))
    for teacher, courses in teacher_dict.items():
        lists.append([teacher, courses])
    return(lists)

Output is as follows:

[['Andrew Chalkley', 2], ['Kenneth Love', 2]]

Is this not precisely what the question asked for? Not sure why my original code was not accepted?

Thanks in advance for taking a look!

-Jeremy

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

I suspect the issue is that the challenge does not want you to modify the original data while preparing the stats list.

I would have confirmed this in the challenge, but you forgot to provide a link to the challenge page.