How to unpack dict in function and then use values from it in .format()?

Hi!

I would recommend re-reading the question, and think about what they are asking you to do. The question is to create a function which returns a formatted string based on a dict as the input.

What's in the file when you load it.

def favorite_food(dict):
    return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format()

The input dict looks like this we can assume based on the names in the return statement.

{
"name" : "Kenneth",
"food" :  "tacos"
} 

I'm going to unpack what your function does, and explain why it fails. Please read this or rewatch the videos, before just copy the solution.

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

You are first of all creating a list new_list and then appending values to it. But look at the function, the template variable you are trying to append to the list is after the append statement. This will throw an error in your code. Also remember that a function is done when it returns something. You are also trying to format the string with variables that is not defined, food and name.

You need to assign the keys of the dictionary to the correct , so the correct way of doing this would be:

def favorite_food(dict):
    return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name=dict["name"], food=dict["food"])