String_Factory Confused [Python]

Question

Can someone share some light to me as to what I am doing wrong. This works on REPL, but I get the error "list" object has no attribute "format." on Treehouse. Which I assumed I would get the same reply on REPL, but I didn't. Any reason why?

strings.py

dicts = [
    {'name': 'Michelangelo',
     'food': 'PIZZA'},
    {'name': 'Garfield',
     'food': 'lasanga'},
    {'name': 'Walter',
     'food': 'pancakes'},
    {'name': 'Galactus',
     'food': 'worlds'}
]
string = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
def string_factory(stringa, listOfDicts):
    my_list= []
    for dic in listOfDicts:
        my_list.append(stringa.format(**dic))
    return(my_list)
string_factory(string, dicts)

Answer 1 · 2016-12-12T16:50:39Z

December 12, 2016 4:50pm

You solution is actually a good one, with a minor issue though. Pay attention to this line in the challenge description

Create a function named string_factory that accepts a list of dictionaries and a string.

It's clear that string_factory function takes 2 arguments: 1st a list of dictionaries; 2nd a string. The 2 arguments in your code wasn't in the correct order, that's where the problem is. Fix it and your code would pass.

def string_factory(listOfDicts, stringa):  # <= swap the 2 arguments.
    my_list= []
    for dic in listOfDicts:
        my_list.append(stringa.format(**dic))
    return(my_list)

Hope it helps, happy coding :)

Answer 2 · 2016-12-12T15:53:39Z

December 12, 2016 3:53pm

def string_factory(dicts,string):
  result_list = []
  for item in range(len(dicts)):
    result_list.append(string.format(**dicts[item]))
  return result_list

create a function pass in two arguments, create a variable to hold array. loop through the items in dictionary. then loop through the item through iterpolation

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