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

Douglas North
Douglas North
10,884 Points
Posted by Douglas North
Douglas North
10,884 Points

I cannot see what's wrong with my answer

Hey there,

I cannot find the problem. I use pycharm to test it and get a good result. it responds with "Bummer! 'Name'"

string_factory.py 
dicts = [
    {'Name':'Michelangelo','food':'PIZZA'},
    {'Name':'Garfield','food':'Lasagna'},
    {'Name':'Popeye','food':'Spinach'},
    {'Name':'Doug','food':'Kebab'},
    ]

def string_factory(dicts):
    string = "Hi, I'm {Name} and I love to eat {food}!"
    new_list =[]
    for elem in dicts:
        new_list.append(string.format(**elem))
    return new_list

1 Answer

Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points
Umesh Ravji
Umesh Ravji
42,386 Points

Hi Douglas, there's 2 small issues with your code.

I've commented them below:

def string_factory(dicts):
    string = "Hi, I'm {Name} and I love to eat {food}!"  #  template variable is provided to us
    new_list =[]
    for elem in dicts:
        new_list.append(string.format(**elem))  # rename string to use template variable
    return new_list

With changes made:

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

def string_factory(dicts):
    new_list =[]
    for elem in dicts:
        new_list.append(template.format(**elem))
    return new_list
Douglas North
Douglas North
10,884 Points
Douglas North
Douglas North
10,884 Points

thanks! switched it up and works. I had to lowercase the N in name also