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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Mint Milano
Mint Milano
3,114 Points
Posted by Mint Milano
Mint Milano
3,114 Points

please can anyone help me out with this dictionary, and string stuff i am unable to get this right...

could not understand this question properly..

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):

     list=string.format(**dicts)
       return list

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

:point_right: Remember you are working with a list of dictionaries.

You have the right idea, but you need to apply your string formatting to each dictionary in the list. You will probably want to use a loop, and inside the loop keep adding the formatted strings to a new list.

Then return the new list after the loop completes.