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

Posted by Parvati Avhad
Parvati Avhad
159 Points

Doesn't return what expected

Why does it not return the string. Tried using print but doesn't work??

string_factory.py 
#def favorite_food(name=None, food=None):
 #   return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name, food)


#favorite_food(name="Anand",food="Fruits")
def favorite_food(name=None, food=None):
    return "Hi, I'm {}. I like to have {}.".format(name, food)

#unpacker(**{"name" : "Anand", "food" : "fruits"})

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Your function should take in one argument of type dict. It seems that you are taking in two optional arguments.

Then, in between the parentheses in the format method, put in *dict (where dict is the name of your parameter), in order to unpack/pass in dict.