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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Posted by sulaiman gannas
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sulaiman gannas
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 17,651 Points

Not Sure why i get this error

Why Am i getting a Bummer! saying "What Happened to string_factory()?"

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): 
  string_list = []
  for i in range(len(dictionary)):
    string_list.append(strings.format(**dictionary[i]))
  return string_list

2 Answers

Thomas Kirk
Thomas Kirk
5,246 Points
Thomas Kirk
Thomas Kirk
5,246 Points

Hi,

The arguments in your function are 'dicts' and 'string', but elsewhere in your function you refer to them as 'dictionary' and 'strings'

Santos Solorzano
Santos Solorzano
3,125 Points
Santos Solorzano
Santos Solorzano
3,125 Points

Hello,

The only thing I would change would be your for-loop. Everything else is dandy. Try something like this:

for items in dicts:
    string_list.append(string.format(**items))
return string_list

To quote Kenneth in one of his answers, "Your for loop is going through the list of dictionaries, so each items in it is a dictionary."

Also note that you used "string" as your function parameter in your definition, but you used "strings" with the format() method inside the for-loop of your function block.