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

Hussein Amr
Hussein Amr
2,461 Points
Posted by Hussein Amr
Hussein Amr
2,461 Points

I have no idea what im doing..

I can't understand the question

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!"]
def string_factory(dict_list):
    dict_list = [{"name":"Cunt" , "whore":"Melissa"}, {"name":"Sheniqua" , "whore":"kilopatra"}]

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

1 Answer

Moosa Bonomali
Moosa Bonomali
6,297 Points
Moosa Bonomali
Moosa Bonomali
6,297 Points

Take a look at the below code

# 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!"]
def string_factory(dict_list):
    template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
    #this will hold the output string
    output=[]

    #loop through the dict_list provided and extract each dictionary into "value" variable
    #it will produce a dictionary which we unpack with **value, this will produce name="aaa", food="bbb" like in the                     challenge explanation
    #template.format(**value) will produce the output with the dictionary values inserted, we then add it to the output
    for value in dict_list:
        output.append(template.format(**value))

    return output

values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
print(string_factory(values))