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

Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
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Posted by Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
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I have a syntax error?

Not sure what my syntax error is

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 = [{"name2" : "Kade"}, {"food2" : "macaroni"}]
def string_factory(dicts):
    return new_list = [**{"name" : "Kade"}, {"food" : "macaroni"}]

2 Answers

james south
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james south
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i'm not sure what the specific syntax error is here but i would note that your function uses neither the template nor the parameter and you need to use both to get the correct output.

brendinnye
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brendinnye
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The specific syntax error you are getting is from the assignment statement in your return line. What comes after return needs to be an expression (something the Python interpreter can evaluate to some value). For example:

def string_factory(dicts):
    new_list = [**{"name" : "Kade"}, {"food" : "macaroni"}]
    return new_list

If you put the new_list assignment statement on its own line and just return new_list, your syntax error should be fixed (though I don't think this will work still).

Hope that helps :)