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

Posted by Jordan James
Jordan James
1,929 Points

Having trouble with **kwargs and *args

I think I'm misinterpreting the question here. Can anybody clarify for me

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!"]



def string_factory(*args):
    list = []
    template = "Hi, I'm {} and I love to eat {}!"
    for dicts in args :
        for dict in dicts :
            list.append(template.format(dict["name"], dict["age"]))
    return list

1 Answer

Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points
Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points 
def string_factory(*args):
    to_return = []
    template = "Hi, I'm {} and I love to eat {}!"
    for dictionary in args[0]:
        to_return.append(template.format(dictionary['name'], dictionary['food']))
    return to_return

values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
string_factory(values)
Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points
Jeffrey James
Jeffrey James
2,636 Points

["Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Garfield and I love to eat lasagna!"]