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Bob Pickles
1,363 PointsConfused about why my code isn't working.
I am having a bit of an issue:
The challenge says to return a single list with all the available courses. I have this code which looks to return the correct answer in workspaces but it's failing in the challenge:
I found someone else's courses function and tried it. However, I don't understand why it works but mine doesn't. The output looks the same in workspaces.
My code
def courses(teachers):
new_list=[]
for course in teachers.values():
for c in course:
new_list.append(c)
return new_list
Their code
def courses(teach_dict):
class_list = []
for teacher in teach_dict:
for course in teach_dict[teacher]:
class_list.append(course)
return class_list
Output
['Python Basics', 'Python Collections', 'jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'] <--theirs
['Python Basics', 'Python Collections', 'jQuery Basics', 'Node.js Basics'] <--mine
I even did a boolean comparison by running both functions side by side:
print(courses(teachers) == courses2(teachers))
Thinking maybe there was something hidden that I wasn't seeing but that returned True telling me they are both the same.
What am I doing wrong?
3 Answers
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsThis code is different from what you listed the first time. It has an indentation error on the 2nd line from the bottom.
That line is part of a loop and should be indented more than the "for" line above it.
Bob Pickles
1,363 PointsOk, I feel kinda stupid now, not sure how I missed the indentation error. Must have happened when I pasted the code in from the workspace. Thanks!
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsI guessed that you were working on task 3 of the Teacher Stats challenge.
I pasted your code directly into the challenge, and it passed. The one thing I noticed is that the indentation is different between your two examples, and since this is just one of several tasks, all tasks should use consistent indentation.
Bob Pickles
1,363 PointsSteven,
Thank you for the reply. You are correct, task 3 or Teacher Stats. I just attempted the challenge again and got the same failure using my code
def courses(teachers):
new_list=[]
for course in teachers.values():
for c in course:
new_list.append(c)
return new_list
I'm a bit confused about how you're getting a different response. The indentation was just a product of where I was pasting from. My code was being pasted from the workspace whereas the working code was pasted directly from the challenge.
Bob Pickles
1,363 PointsThis is what's currently in my editor:
# 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):
return len(teachers.keys())
def num_courses(teachers):
count=0
for course in teachers.values():
count += len(course)
return count
def courses(teachers):
new_list=[]
for course in teachers.values():
for c in course:
new_list.append(c)
return new_list
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsSteven Parker
231,269 PointsCan you provide a link to the course page where this challenge is?