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

Dmitriy Ignatiev
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Dmitriy Ignatiev
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Posted by Dmitriy Ignatiev
Dmitriy Ignatiev
Courses Plus Student 6,236 Points

def string_factory()

Hi, couldn't understand why it cause a boomer, but it works well in python shell.

Thanks

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(values):
    new_dict = {}
    for i in values:
        new_dict.update(i)
        x = template.format(**new_dict)
        a_list.append(x)
    return a_list

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