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

Posted by Tiago Ramos
Tiago Ramos
2,380 Points

I found the logic but maybe the syntax is not right

Hi guys, I understand the programming logic to get the wanted result, but I the method string_factory() isn't working right.

Can you help me? Thanks :)

string_factory.py 
# Example:
values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]

template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(**values):
    return template.format(values[0], values[1])

string_factory(values)

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

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You're on the right path! The challenge says Write a function named string_factory that accepts a list of dictionaries as an argument.

:point_right: Add a for loop to string_factory to format the template with each dict in the values list. :point_right: put all the formatted template results into a list and return that list.

Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!!