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Samuel Pitt
3,032 PointsHaving trouble passing in a dictionary to a function, then calling it with keyword placeholders in a printed string!
if anyone knows how to help me with this, it would be much appreciated. I have tried a lot of ways, but none have worked (i did generate some interesting errors though!).
any help appreciated, but a template with explanation would be fantastic.
Regards, Sam.
def favorite_food(dict):
return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(dict(name, food))
1 Answer
Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 PointsHi Samuel,
The challenge is asking you to "unpack" the dictionary. Packing and unpacking dictionaries is explained in the video immediately prior to this challenge: Packing and Unpacking Dictionaries.
In the teacher's notes for that video, Kenneth provides the following example of unpacking:
>>> my_dict = {'name': 'Kenneth'}
>>> "Hi, my name is {name}!".format(**my_dict)
"Hi, my name is Kenneth!"
Notice how he just passes the name of the dictionary (my_dict) to the format function, prefixing it with the two asterisks.
Hope that points you in the right direction. Let me know if you are still stuck after trying the above approach.
Cheers
Alex