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

Saul Goldman
Saul Goldman
1,539 Points
Posted by Saul Goldman
Saul Goldman
1,539 Points

please help with the dictionary challenge?

if you could also explain a bit whats going on that would be amazing, thank you so much

string_factory.py 
def favorite_food(dicts):
    for each_dict in dicts:
        if name and food in each_dict:
            return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(name, food)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

I was going to ask you "what's going on", particularly with this line:

        if name and food in each_dict:

I'm pretty sure it doesn't do it, but what did you want that line to do?

But the best hint I can think of is this: to pass this challenge, you only need to correctly fill in the argument to "format", no other code is needed.