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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Posted by Rastko Jovic
Rastko Jovic
14,883 Points

Why wont it accept this solution?

dicts = [ {'name': 'Michelangelo', 'food': 'PIZZA'}, {'name': 'Garfield', 'food': 'lasanga'}, {'name': 'Walter', 'food': 'pancakes'}, {'name': 'Galactus', 'food': 'worlds'} ]

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

def string_factory(list1): strings = [] for dictx in list1: strings.append(string.format(**dictx)) return strings

strings.py 
dicts = [
    {'name': 'Michelangelo',
     'food': 'PIZZA'},
    {'name': 'Garfield',
     'food': 'lasanga'},
    {'name': 'Walter',
     'food': 'pancakes'},
    {'name': 'Galactus',
     'food': 'worlds'}
]

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

def string_factory(list1):
  strings = []
  for dictx in list1:
    strings.append(string.format(**dictx))
  return strings

1 Answer

Evan Demaris
Evan Demaris
64,262 Points

Hi Rastko,

Your answer doesn't meet the requirements of the Challenge; "Create a function named string_factory that accepts a list of dictionaries and a string". 

def string_factory(list1, astring):
   newlist = []
   for adict in list1:
     newlist.append(astring.format(**adict))
   print(newlist)
   return newlist

Hope that helps!

Rastko Jovic
Rastko Jovic
14,883 Points

Thank you! I seem to have misread the requirements.