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Python

Blake Handson
Blake Handson
1,642 Points
Posted by Blake Handson
Blake Handson
1,642 Points

My console isn't working in Python! Help!

Ok, so I have a python program I am trying to run via the console for a challenge. The workspace console is being stubborn, or I am being silly and missing something. I am receiving the following error when trying to run the test_code.py file which resides in the 'Teacher App' folder in workspaces - 

python test_code.py                                                                     
  File "<stdin>", line 1                                                                    
    python test_code.py                                                                     
                   ^                                                                        
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

This is driving me crazy! Any ideas ?

Thanks :)

# The dictionary will be something like:
dicts = {'Jason Seifer': ['Ruby Foundations', 'Ruby on Rails Forms', 'Technology Foundations'],
  'Kenneth Love': ['Python Basics', 'Python Collections']}

def most_classes(dicts): #function name -- passes in a dictionary
  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


def num_teachers(dicts):
  busy_teacher = 0
  for key in docts.keys():
    busy_teacher += 1
    return busy_teacher

[MOD: added ```python markdown formatting - cf]

Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello Blake,

Would you post the contents of the test_code.py file for us?

Thanks :)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 Points

When working in Workspaces,

  • make sure the file has been saved. (not dot next to filename in it's tab above the editor.
  • make sure the console is displayed. From the Workspace menu, choose View --> Show Console
  • in the console, at the prompt, type "python test_code.py":
treehouse:~/workspace$ python test_code.py

Your current file defines a dict and two functions, so no output will be created unless you add code to call the functions, such as:

print(most_classes(dicts))
print(num_teachers(dicts))