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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries Teacher Stats

Posted by jamestoynton
jamestoynton
10,992 Points

Quick question over about my code (dictionaries)

I can't seem to get this to work as it is - would I be better off always using a for loop in these type of situations?

teachers.py 
def most_classes(my_dict):
    values = list(my_dict.values())
    my_idex = values.index(max(values))
    myKey = list(my_dict.keys())
    return myKey[my_idex]
Chokdee Srisuk
Chokdee Srisuk
19,380 Points
Chokdee Srisuk
Chokdee Srisuk
19,380 Points

Yes, use for loop to iterate over keys in dictionary which I name key as teacher. for teacher in my_dict:

1 Answer

Stephen Link
Stephen Link
3,685 Points
Stephen Link
Stephen Link
3,685 Points

What you have would be fine as it is for a simple dictionary where each key has a single integer value. However, the problem indicates that your dictionary is going to be more complicated than that. Each teacher will have a list of classes that they teach and you'll need to determine how many classes a teacher teaches based on that list.