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

Posted by ekjot singh
ekjot singh
1,542 Points

why my code is not executing?

please help! it is showing 'Bummer! Couldn,t find "covers" '.

sets.py 
def covers(single_set):
    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"}
              }
    my_list=[]
    for key, value in COURSES.items():
        if set(single_set).issubset(value) :
            my_list.append(key)
    return my_list

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

This challenge is looking for the less precise simple overlap and not a proper subset comparison. Using intersection instead of issubset