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

Posted by kyle hansen
kyle hansen
2,132 Points

whats does this error mean

I've googled this, and what it tell me is that im attempting to call out the incorrect number of arguments, i guess im just not understanding

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!"]
value = [{"name": "michelangelo", "food": "Pizza"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]

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

def string_factory(value, string):
    strings = []

    for x in value:
        strings.append(string.format(**x))

    return strings
kyle hansen
kyle hansen
2,132 Points

string_factory() missing 1 required positional argument: 'string' is the error

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points

You're very close. The challenge doesn't want you pass the template string into the function. It should be defined outside. This one change gets your code to pass the challenge:

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

def string_factory(value):
    strings = []

    for x in value:
        strings.append(template.format(**x))

    return strings