Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

huyen nguyen
huyen nguyen
850 Points
Posted by huyen nguyen
huyen nguyen
850 Points

what does this mean?

Can anyone help me with this? I very appreciate that

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(dicts, string):
    string_list = []
    for a_dict in dicts:
        string_list.append(string.format(**a_dict))

    return string_list

1 Answer

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

Hi Huyen, have you removed the starting template string? I just removed the string parameter from the function (and made sure it used the template variable) and everything works fine :)

template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(dicts):
    string_list = []
    for a_dict in dicts:
        string_list.append(template.format(**a_dict))
    return string_list