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

Agnes Sharan
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'int' object is not iterable

I got an error stating 'int' object is not iterable in this program. I can't find where I have tried to iterate 'int' in my code. If I have, how can I change the code to remove the error?

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 unpacker(num, name, food):
  if num == 0:
    return name
  else:
    return food

def string_factory(values):
    string_list = []
    for i in len(values): 
        string_list = string_list.append(template.format(name = unpacker(0, **values[i-1]), food = unpacker(1, **values[i-1])))
    return string_list

1 Answer

james south
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this line:

for i in len(values):

is causing that error. len(values) returns an int so it is not iterable. the range method takes an int and seems to be what you meant: for i in range(4) will iterate through i = 0,1,2,3. when you make this change, another error will be thrown on the next line. to use the append method to add to a list, you do not need to reassign the list to itself, simply call the append method with an argument, like myList.append(myValue).