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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Abdulkadir Kollere
Abdulkadir Kollere
1,723 Points
Posted by Abdulkadir Kollere
Abdulkadir Kollere
1,723 Points

Cases!!

I honestly have no idea what I am required to do in this challenge. I went through the video over and over again and nothing clicked. Kindly assist

string_factory.py 
# Example:
# values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
# string_factory(values)
# ["Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Garfield and I love to eat lasagna!"]

template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(**kwargs):
    return **kwargs
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

This will get you started, hopefully someone will give a more insightful answer

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

Colby, I know what your saying. Sometimes I get to the challenge and I'm like...wait, did we do this? At this point I just figure were supposed to research stuff and find out. But also the reverse happens in code challenges. We get presented with boatloads of stuff and I'll try to get it all in the challenge answer, and it just wants something basic. w/e :D

1 Answer

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

The challenge says to pass in name="Kenneth", food="tacos", bit it works without it. But that would look like this:

  • def string_factory(dicts, name="name", food="food"):
  • I put the pertinent challenge parts next to their respective code 
# string_factory accepts a list of dicts
# in the example, values is a list of dicts
# so that will get passed in
def string_factory(dicts): # string_factory accepts a list of dicts
    result = [] # Return a new list of strings 
    for item in dicts: # looping each item in values
        result.append(template.format(**item)) # unpacking item
    return result
Colby Work
Colby Work
20,422 Points

this was frustrating. Like the OP, I watched the video several times, and this answer seems so far off from that, but it works. A more relevant example would probably be useful in the video before the challenge, maybe? Thanks for the help, and comments, john.