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

harpreet grewal
harpreet grewal
19,018 Points
Posted by harpreet grewal
harpreet grewal
19,018 Points

my answer kinda comes out right but its obviously wrong. what am doing wrong?

i get back two lists but when it comes back the second time the answer is right. i know this is not the right way but its the only way i can figure out how to pass an list of dictionaries.

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}!"

dict = []
def string_factory(name=None, food=None):

    dict.append("Hi, I'm {} and I love to eat {}!".format(name, food))
    print(dict)
    return dict


huh= [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]

for a in huh:
    string_factory(**a)

3 Answers

markmneimneh
markmneimneh
14,132 Points
markmneimneh
markmneimneh
14,132 Points

Hello

here is way to do it ... 

def string_factory(a_dict_list):
    dict = []
    for item in a_dict_list:
        name = item['name']
        food = item['food']
        dict.append("Hi, I'm {} and I love to eat {}!".format(name, food))
    return dict

please review and even though this will pass, see if you can do same differently.

james malloy
james malloy
7,959 Points
james malloy
james malloy
7,959 Points

Hi Harpreet,
if it helps, I 've just tried this one and did it as follows

values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]  
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(dict_list):  
    ret_list = []   
    for kwargs in dict_list:   
        ret_list.append(template.format(**kwargs))   
    return ret_list
harpreet grewal
harpreet grewal
19,018 Points
harpreet grewal
harpreet grewal
19,018 Points

i had an answer similar to this but i thought the question wanted us to use "**". Thats where i was stuck

"Return a new list of strings made by using ** for each dictionary in the list and the template string provided."

agzagi
agzagi
2,399 Points

Yes, the challenge for me was as well using the **kwargs. The normal string.format() is something we have already done several times in this course and not the challenge here.

The answer from James Malloy below this one helped me out.