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

Posted by Jothum Chitewe
Jothum Chitewe
7,833 Points

string_factory.py

help needed

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 string_factory(val):
    template=[]
    for i in val:
        templatelist.append(template.format(**i))
    return templatelist

2 Answers

Saulius Bartkus
Saulius Bartkus
89,219 Points
Saulius Bartkus
Saulius Bartkus
89,219 Points 
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
def string_factory(val):
    templatelist = []
    for i in val:
        templatelist.append(template.format(**i))
    return templatelist
James Balliet
James Balliet
Courses Plus Student 1,273 Points
James Balliet
James Balliet
Courses Plus Student 1,273 Points

It would help if the video presentation would use code similar to this exercise in solving the problem. The presentation used examples that led me to believe this code would work... (This is pretty much the same as your example)

def favorite_food(name=None, food=None): return "Hi, I'm {} and I love to eat {}!".format(name, food)

favorite_food(**{"name": "James", "food": "Tacos"})

Jeff Muday
MOD
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 Points
Jeff Muday
Jeff Muday
Treehouse Moderator 28,720 Points

Your code has a simple instantiation error, otherwise it's correct.

Note that you overwrote "template" with an empty list within the scope of your function. Change it to "templatelist" and your code should pass.

Best of luck with Python!