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

Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf
2,225 Points
Posted by Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf
2,225 Points

why isn't this working

i had it but then i lost it

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 {} and I love to eat {}!"
values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]

def string_factory(dictlist):
    stringlist = []
    for item in dictlist:
        stringlist.append(template.format(**item))
    return stringlist

1 Answer

james south
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james south
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james south
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james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Points

your code is fine. i commented out values and still got the error, but passed when i started over again and retyped the function with different variable names. try that.

Mike Wagner
Mike Wagner
23,559 Points

I'm not exactly sure why I was able to pass it using the change I offered the first time, but now it returns an error, so I've removed my answer. Your solution makes sense in some ways, but I'm not capable of testing things at the moment, so I'll trust your judgement