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

Paulhan Carre
Paulhan Carre
1,368 Points
Posted by Paulhan Carre
Paulhan Carre
1,368 Points

String_factory

need a little help

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}!"
values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
def string_factory(dic):
    stemplate = []
    for dic in values:
        stemplate.append(template.format(**dic))

1 Answer

Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points
Rich Zimmerman
Rich Zimmerman
24,063 Points

So because the template string is named values in them, you have to format the template accordingly.

template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
# notice the first item is named "name" and 2nd item is named "food", these need to be named in the .format() method
values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
def string_factory(dic):
    stemplate = []
    for dic in values:
        # this calls the "name" key's value and "food" key's value in each "dic" in the list. and assigns 
        # them to the values in the template
        stemplate.append(template.format(name=dic['name'], food=dic['food']))
    return stemplate