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

Alejandro Byrne
Alejandro Byrne
2,562 Points
Posted by Alejandro Byrne
Alejandro Byrne
2,562 Points

What am I missing?

My error message says that it didn't get all of the expected output, why? I tried it out in workspaces and it gave me everything I wanted.

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!"]

def string_factory(dictionary):
    template = "Hi, I'm {} and I love to eat {}!"
    result = [template.format(dictionary[0]["name"], dictionary[0]["food"]), template.format(dictionary[1]["name"], dictionary[1]["food"])]
    return result

2 Answers

Anson Tio
Anson Tio
5,448 Points
Anson Tio
Anson Tio
5,448 Points

i think you are supposed to use looping to solve the problem. Consider if you have 3 or more values.

Alejandro Byrne
Alejandro Byrne
2,562 Points
Alejandro Byrne
Alejandro Byrne
2,562 Points

Thanks! Good suggestion! I used a few other lines to do a for loop and add the dicts to the result, then returned it. It worked. :)

Anson Tio
Anson Tio
5,448 Points
Anson Tio
Anson Tio
5,448 Points

Glad to hear that! :D