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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Dwayne Thomas
Dwayne Thomas
720 Points
Posted by Dwayne Thomas
Dwayne Thomas
720 Points

May I see the answer for the strings.py exercise?

Here's my code's result, which seems unexpected to the task checker. "Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA! Hi, I'm Garfield and I love to eat lasanga! Hi, I'm Walter and I love to eat pancakes! Hi, I'm Galactus and I love to eat worlds!"

3 Answers

Mikael Enarsson
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Points
Mikael Enarsson
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Points 
def string_factory(some_dicts, a_string):
  r_list = []
  for item in some_dicts:
    r_list.append(a_string.format(**item))
  return r_list

Out of interest, could you post your code?

Dwayne Thomas
Dwayne Thomas
720 Points
Dwayne Thomas
Dwayne Thomas
720 Points 
def string_factory(dictionary, string):
    i = 0
    name_foods_formatted = ""
    while i < len(dictionary):
        name_foods_formatted += string.format(dictionary[i]['name'], dictionary[i]['food'])
        i += 1
    return name_foods_formatted

This code was graded as incorrect.

Dwayne Thomas
Dwayne Thomas
720 Points
Dwayne Thomas
Dwayne Thomas
720 Points

Thanks Mikael:-), your response helped my spot my mistake. I was returning a string instead of a list.