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

Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye
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Posted by Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye
2,725 Points

What's wrong with my string_factory code?

After reviewing the code step-by-step a few times, I still can't figure it out.

edit: Of course, the problem is with the for loop, but not sure what the correct syntax is for looping over the kwargs

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!"]

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

def string_factory(**strings):
    new_template = []
    for i in **strings:
        new_template.append(template.format(**i))
        return new_template

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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you only need the kwargs where you format the template and append, so you have that part fine, in the other two places you just need a regular parameter name. that holds the list of dicts so you can loop through them like you are. then your return statement is in the for loop so it needs to be moved over a tab to the left so that it only executes when the loop exits.

Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye
2,725 Points
Daniel Pye
Daniel Pye
2,725 Points

Brilliant, thank you!