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JeanMartin Ghecea
5,770 PointsWas there a typo in this challenge description?
In this challenge description the author wrote: "Write a function named string_factory that accepts a list of dictionaries as an argument. "... Was this meant to be "a list OR dictionaries"? Then one would understand it would be a '**kwargs' argument for both. Please advise.
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andren
28,558 PointsNo the description is accurate. The argument provided is a list of dictionaries. It even shows an example of the type of argument it will pass in [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}], which is indeed a list of dictionaries.
kwargs is not used in this challenge, the unpacking is meant to be done as you format the string. Since the format method accepts key-value pairs you can use unpacking to provide it with values. Here is a simple example:
dict = {"name": "André", "food": "Pizza"}
print("My name is {name} and my favorite food is {food}".format(**dict))
# "My name is André and my favorite food is Pizza" will be printed out
Since you receive multiple dictionaries in the challenge you will need to loop though them. And generate a list of strings which you then return.
Edit: Fixed some syntax errors in my code example.
JeanMartin Ghecea
5,770 PointsThank you. Yes, indeed it was my faux pas. I finally figured out the solution to the problem. I have learned that there are many things implied in these videos that one has to think through. It definitely makes it challenging and fun at the same time once one has thought through it. I appreciate the clarification andren.