Question

For some reason when I tap c, it gives me ‘courses’ is not defined.

Please enter a menu choice…
[c]ourses, [i]nstructors, [t]imes: c
Traceback (most recent call last):

line 15, in main
print(create_info(courses))
NameError: global name ‘courses’ is not defined

def main():
    courseInfo = create_info()

    print('Please enter a menu choice...')
    choice = input('[c]ourses, [i]nstructors, [t]imes: ').upper()

    if choice == 'C':
        print(create_info(courses))


def create_info():
    courses = {'CS101':'3004', 'CS102':'4501', 'CS103':'6755', 'NT110':'1244',
               'CM241':'1411'}
    instructors = {'CS101':'Haynes', 'CS102':'Alvarado', 'CS103':'Rich',
                   'NT110':'Burke', 'CM241':'Lee'}
    times = {'CS101':'8:00 a.m.', 'CS102':'9:00 a.m.', 'CS103':'10:00 a.m.',
             'NT110':'11:00 a.m.', 'CM241':'1:00 p.m.'}

    return courses, instructors, times

main()

Answer 1

Change main() like so:

def main():
    courses, instructors, times = create_info()    # <<<

    print('Please enter a menu choice...')
    choice = input('[c]ourses, [i]nstructors, [t]imes: ').upper()

    if choice == 'C':
        print(courses)                             # <<<

I’ve changed the two lines marked with # <<<.