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

Task 4 - Teacher with most courses

I've made that many changes I've tied myself up in knots on this one. Can someone critique as I am code blind!

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(teachers):
    return len(teachers)

def num_courses(teachers):
    count = 0
    for teacher in teachers:
        count += len(teachers[teacher])
    return count

def courses(teachers):
    lists = []
    for values in teachers.values():
        lists.extend(values)
    return lists

def most_courses(teachers):
    max_count = 0
    max_teacher = ''
    for teacher, courses in teachers.values():
        if len(courses) > max_count:
            max_count = len(courses)
            max_teacher = teacher
    return max_teacher

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

Try teachers.items() instead of teachers.values(), since you are accessing both the key and value in your loop.

Thanks Stuart. It's always the little things that trip you up!