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ilhan KAYIHAN
6,664 Pointscouldnt get the main idea
def most_classes(dicts): most_class = "" # holds the name of teach with most class max_count = 0 # max counter for classes for teacher in dicts: if len(dicts[teacher]) > max_count: max_count = len(dicts[teacher]) most_class = teacher return most_class
is this code find the teacher had the most class or teachers have classes > 0 .
# The dictionary will be something like:
# {'Jason Seifer': ['Ruby Foundations', 'Ruby on Rails Forms', 'Technology Foundations'],
# 'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}
#
# Often, it's a good idea to hold onto a max_count variable.
# Update it when you find a teacher with more classes than
# the current count. Better hold onto the teacher name somewhere
# too!
#
# Your code goes below here.
def most_classes(dicts):
most_class = "" # holds the name of teach with most class
max_count = 0 # max counter for classes
for teacher in dicts:
if len(dicts[teacher]) > max_count:
max_count = len(dicts[teacher])
most_class = teacher
return most_class
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsHi Ilhan,
In a way, it's both of those things but the purpose of this function is to find the teacher with the most number of classes.
When the for loop first starts off, you're looking for a teacher that has more than zero courses because you've initialized your max_count variable to zero.
Presumably this will be the first teacher but once you find a teacher with more than zero courses you will go into the if block and update your variables with the info for this teacher. This is now the current maximum.
From that point on you're no longer looking for teachers with courses > 0. You're looking for a teacher that has more courses than what the current maximum is.
Is that what you were asking about?
ilhan KAYIHAN
6,664 PointsHi Jason, i get the idea , last challenges also made me see the light :) Thanks a lot.