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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Sets Set Math

Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points
Posted by Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points

Completely lost with Set Math.

Here's the rub, when I run this separately I get ValueError: too many values to unpack I know what this means but I don't know how to get around it, at least not in whatever way Treehouse wants me to.

EDIT: How do I fix this issue? Am I coming at this from a wacky angle or is there something I'm just missing?

sets.py 
COURSES = {
    "Python Basics": {"Python", "functions", "variables",
                      "booleans", "integers", "floats",
                      "arrays", "strings", "exceptions",
                      "conditions", "input", "loops"},
    "Java Basics": {"Java", "strings", "variables",
                    "input", "exceptions", "integers",
                    "booleans", "loops"},
    "PHP Basics": {"PHP", "variables", "conditions",
                   "integers", "floats", "strings",
                   "booleans", "HTML"},
    "Ruby Basics": {"Ruby", "strings", "floats",
                    "integers", "conditions",
                    "functions", "input"}
}
def covers(topics):
    positive_courses = []
    for key, value in COURSES:
        for item in topics:
            if set(item) & key == True:
                positive_courses.append(key)
            else:
                pass
    return positive_courses

3 Answers

Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points
Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points

Maybe I didn't correctly word my question so I'll edit it to be a bit more direct.

Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points
Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points

I fail to see how im not asking for help with this post...