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Start your free trialKristina Khalid-Abasi
940 PointsCode Challenge: String Formatting with Dictionaries
I think so far I'm not really sure I'm understanding coding in the first place unfortunately, but I'm stuck on this challenge. I'm not entirely sure what the question is asking I guess, but I'm lost. It says I'm not getting expected output from string_factory. Can someone hint me at what to do next?
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(dicts, string):
strings = []
for x in strings:
string.format(**dict)
return strings
print(string_factory(dicts, string))
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,427 PointsThere are a few things to correct.
- the parameter
dicts
is a list of dictionares. Thefor
loop should iterate over the dict list. - The string created in the
for
loop isn't being appended to thestrings
list - print statement unccessary
def string_factory(dicts, string):
strings = []
for d in dicts: #<-- iterate over dict list
strings.append(string.format(**d)) #<-- Append the new string to the strings list
return strings
Kristina Khalid-Abasi
940 PointsKristina Khalid-Abasi
940 PointsThank you! Now I understand a bit more.