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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Sets Set Math

Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points
Posted by Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points

What did I do wrong

Can some one explain

sets.py 
COURSES = {
    "Python Basics": {"Python", "functions", "variables",
                      "booleans", "integers", "floats",
                      "arrays", "strings", "exceptions",
                      "conditions", "input", "loops"},
    "Java Basics": {"Java", "strings", "variables",
                    "input", "exceptions", "integers",
                    "booleans", "loops"},
    "PHP Basics": {"PHP", "variables", "conditions",
                   "integers", "floats", "strings",
                   "booleans", "HTML"},
    "Ruby Basics": {"Ruby", "strings", "floats",
                    "integers", "conditions",
                    "functions", "input"}
}

def covers(topic):
    return topic.intersection(COURSES)

1 Answer

Christian Rowden
Christian Rowden
2,278 Points
Christian Rowden
Christian Rowden
2,278 Points

I'm stuck on this one as well but if you toss your code in a test environment you'll see that it is getting a TypeError: Unsupported operand between 'set' and 'dict'

COURSES is a dictionary so you're running into problems.

Cheers and happy coding