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

Posted by Andre Greg贸rio
Andre Greg贸rio
6,157 Points

How do I star on this one?

I've read some articles and seen some movies, but I really can't do this... Can someone hep me to start this one?

Regards

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}!"
dicts = [{"name":"Michelangelo","food":"Pizza"},{"name":"Donatello","food":"Bruschets"}]

def string_factory(**kwargs):
    for each_item in dicts:
        print("Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name,food))

string_factory(dicts)

1 Answer

markmneimneh
markmneimneh
14,132 Points
markmneimneh
markmneimneh
14,132 Points

Hi

try this:

template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
dicts = [{"name":"Michelangelo","food":"Pizza"},{"name":"Donatello","food":"Bruschets"}]

def string_factory(dicts):
    new_list =[]
    for kwarg in dicts:
        new_list.append(template.format(**kwarg))
    return new_list

print(string_factory(dicts))

I put the print statement for you to test out ... not really needed.