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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Kyle Cohne
Kyle Cohne
1,880 Points

My code below works fine in my IDE but no matter what I do I get the error bummer 'list' object has no attribute format.

def string_factory(myString,myDict): dict_index = -1 stringList = [] for item in myDict: dict_index +=1 stringList.insert(dict_index,(myString.format(**myDict[dict_index]))) return stringList

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(myString,myDict):
    dict_index = -1
    stringList = []
    for item in myDict:
        dict_index +=1
        stringList.insert(dict_index,(myString.format(**myDict[dict_index])))
    return stringList

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

The task says: "Create a function named string_factory that accepts a list of dictionaries and a string." in that order.

The parameters of your string_factory are reversed. The first positional parameter should be the list of dictionaries, the second is the string.

Kyle Cohne
Kyle Cohne
1,880 Points

Ok that is kind of nit picky but thanks. That did the trick.