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

Posted by Rachael A
Rachael A
1,044 Points

I can't solve this annoying problem

I have tried many ways to solve this but I keep getting the same errors like Bummer! 'name'.

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!"]

values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(values):
    values_list = []
    for name, food in values: 
        values_list.append(template.format(name, food))
    return(values_list)

I have also tried this and get Bummer! list indices must be integers or slices, not str

values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(values):
    values_list = []
    for name, food in values: 
        name = values["name"]
        food = values["food"]
        values_list.append(template.format(name, food))
    return(values_list)

3 Answers

Tonye Jack
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Tonye Jack
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,469 Points

Your thinking about it too much just loop through each item and unpack the values.

# One liner

string_factory = lambda v: list(map(lambda kw:  template.format(**kw), v))

# Long example
def string_factory(values):
    return_list = []
    for value in values:
        return_list.append(template.format(**value))

    return return_list
Rachael A
Rachael A
1,044 Points

Thank you so much!!! this was driving me crazy. I didn't quite understand how the unpacking thing worked. I was just wondering with the one-liner approach have we covered lambda or maps yet? or did you know this from other tutorials?

Tonye Jack
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Tonye Jack
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,469 Points
Tonye Jack
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Tonye Jack
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,469 Points

Im more of a teacher than student

Josh Bennett
Josh Bennett
15,258 Points
Josh Bennett
Josh Bennett
15,258 Points

nope, got an error, 

couldn't import `string_factory`.
Tonye Jack
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Tonye Jack
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,469 Points

Are you importing string_factory 

string_factory = lambda v: list(map(lambda kw:  template.format(**kw), v))

string_factory(values)

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