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Python

jaime Hourihane
jaime Hourihane
1,686 Points
Posted by jaime Hourihane
jaime Hourihane
1,686 Points

Having problems return length of list from a function is this a valid return type?

def members(dictionary, list_of_keys):
  duplicates = []
  for key in my_dict.keys():
    if key in list_of_keys:
      duplicates.append(key)
  count = len(duplicates)
  return count

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1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

There seems to be a disconnect in your code:

def members(dictionary, list_of_keys):
  duplicates = []
  for key in my_dict.keys(): #<-- my_dict not defined. Should this be "dictionary"
    if key in list_of_keys:
      duplicates.append(key)
  count = len(duplicates)
  return count
jaime Hourihane
jaime Hourihane
1,686 Points
jaime Hourihane
jaime Hourihane
1,686 Points

Thanks Chris seem like this disconnect been going on long time for me ;-)