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

Posted by TIG EYE
TIG EYE
Courses Plus Student 59 Points

i dont understand how to do it / def favorite_food(dict): return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format

help please

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

favorite_food(**{"name":"Kenneth", "food":"tacos"})

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

You're getting close, but you need to use the unpacking operator inside the function, and with the "dict" argument. The format can't directly reference "name" or "food" as they are not passed in individually.

And you only need to define the function, you don' t need to call it yourself.