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

Posted by Tiago Ramos
Tiago Ramos
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don't know what to do next

Hi guys I don't know what to do next. I'm not understanding how will I get the values printed in the template string

Hope you can help me,

string_factory.py 
# Example:
values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]


def string_factory(values):
    new = list(**)
    return new

# 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}!"

1 Answer

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,011 Points

Hi Tiago

Basically, the challenge wants you to loop over each item in the list, because each item in the list is a dictionary it can be unpacked using double asterix i.e **, since the string 'template' has the keys of the dictionary you can unpack it like so.

def string_factory(mylist):
    new_list = []
    template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
    for diction in mylist:
        new_list.append(template.format(**diction))
    return new_list

hope this helps