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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Posted by Nitin Desai
Nitin Desai
977 Points

Create a function name string_factory question.

Here is my code and it works on my computer. But it gets error (Bummer) in the course.

def string_factory(dicts): o_list = [] for i in dicts: o_list.append(string.format(**i)) return o_list

Please let me know if anyone find anything wrong with this code.

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(dicts):
  o_list = []
  for i in dicts:
    o_list.append(string.format(**i))
  return o_list

2 Answers

Hanley Chan
Hanley Chan
27,771 Points
Hanley Chan
Hanley Chan
27,771 Points

Hi Nitin,

This code challenge states that string_factory should accept a dictionary and a string as arguments. It looks like you are missing the string argument in the function. Other than that everything looks good.

Nitin Desai
Nitin Desai
977 Points
Nitin Desai
Nitin Desai
977 Points

Thanks Hanley, I missed that.