From 291398cae9bfb16f9f00922454bbc99aca99a46c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hope <hopewright06@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 19:41:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] completed the count funtion

---
 friend_functions.py | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/friend_functions.py b/friend_functions.py
index 6f5ecf7..3318094 100644
--- a/friend_functions.py
+++ b/friend_functions.py
@@ -10,14 +10,10 @@
 # each and instead write code which returns the expected values. 
 
 def count_people(people):
-    """Counts the number of people. 
-    
-        >>> count_people(family)
-        5
-        >>> count_people(friends)
-        10
-    """
-    raise NotImplementedError()
+    #Counts the number of people in the list/dict sent  
+    count = len(people)
+    return count
+        
 
 def get_email(people, name):
     """Returns the named person's email address. If there is no such person, returns None.