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

Posted by debasis nath
debasis nath
11,650 Points

I'm not getting the question

I have to loop through each dictionary then??

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}!"
def  string_factory(values):
    for dicts in values:
        **{
        template.format(name=None,food=None)

1 Answer

Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points
Wade Williams
Wade Williams
24,476 Points

No, you're looping through each item in values. The items in values just happens to be a collection of dictionaries.

Your code is pretty close, you just need to:

  1. create an empty list to collect your formatted strings
  2. add a formatted template string with dicts["name"] and dicts["food"] to your list.
  3. return the list
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(values):
    templated_list = []

    for value in values:
        templated_list.append(template.format(name=value["name"], food=value["food"]))

    return templated_list
debasis nath
debasis nath
11,650 Points

ok got it! thanks for answering! : )