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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Michel Branquet
Michel Branquet
1,388 Points

Python collections: Task 3 out of 5 Why is my code not populating a list?

In the third snippet of code, I am creating a function with one variable in the argument. Then, I am creating an empty list. After, I am writing a for loop to get all the values inside the dictionary. Also, I am appending/extending (neither worked) to the "t_course" empty list via "cour" and trying to return all the courses in a single list unsuccessfully!

teachers.py
# 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(_dict):
    return len(_dict)

def num_courses(_dict):
    t_courses = 0
    for courses in _dict.values():
        t_courses += len(courses)
    return t_courses

def courses(_dict):
    t_courses = []
    for cour in _dict.values():
        t_courses.extend(cour)
    return t_courses

1 Answer

I pasted your code into the challenge and it passed

Michel Branquet
Michel Branquet
1,388 Points

It is the first time I encounter that possibly lag makes it mark it incorrect. Thank you for checking it out.