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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points
Posted by Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points

not sure what's wrong with my code

can anyone help me understand what's wrong with my code here for the string_factory challenge? thanks a lot!

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

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,454 Points

Chih-Wei Hsu, You are Very close. The error is caused by the return indent. Here is your code modified to pass:

def string_factory(dicts, string):
  new_list = []
  for i in dicts:
    new_list.append(string.format(**i))
  return new_list  #<-- return indented to align with for statement

Without indenting return, the function string_factory returned None

Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points
Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points

Thanks, Chris. A small bug makes a huge difference !

Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Andreas cormack
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Hi Chih

loop though the list and then use the name and food keys of the dictionary to populate the new list.

def string_factory(mydicts,mystring):
  new_list= []
  for dic in mydicts:
    new_list.append(mystring.format(name=dic["name"],food=dic["food"]))
  return new_list
Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points
Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points

Thanks, Andreas for providing an alternative solution that I didn't think about.