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

Posted by newpal
newpal
1,717 Points

what is wrong with this code?

def favorite_food(**dict): return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name= dict["name"], food = dict["food"])

string_factory.py 
def favorite_food(**dict):
    return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name= dict["name"], food = dict["food"])

3 Answers

Holden Glass
Holden Glass
6,077 Points
Holden Glass
Holden Glass
6,077 Points

I went and looked at the problem and you are being passed a dictionary, not multiple arguments that you need to pack into a dictionary, I think. Try leaving the parameter as dict with no ** and try using it as a dict in the format.

Holden Glass
Holden Glass
6,077 Points
Holden Glass
Holden Glass
6,077 Points

The name that you used for your parameter is a python keyword. Something like def favorite_food(**a_dict): should work.

newpal
newpal
1,717 Points

Thank you Holden, I tried the following:

def favorite_food(**a_dict): return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name= a_dict["name"], food = a_dict["food"])

But that did not work either!

newpal
newpal
1,717 Points
newpal
newpal
1,717 Points

Thanks Holden! That did it!