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Python

Posted by Marco Grier
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Marco Grier
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 1,740 Points

String Factory

What I'm I doing wrong? I search this forum and tried this so many ways.

Bummer: format() argument after ** must be a mapping, not str

dicts = [
    {'name': 'Michelangelo',
     'food': 'PIZZA'},
    {'name': 'Garfield',
     'food': 'lasanga'},
    {'name': 'Walter',
     'food': 'pancakes'},
    {'name': 'Galactus',
     'food': 'worlds'}
]

def favorite_food(dicts):
    string = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
    result = []
    for i in dicts:
        result.append(string.format(**i))
    return result
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Please provide a link to the course page you are working with.

2 Answers

Marco Grier
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Marco Grier
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 1,740 Points
Marco Grier
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Marco Grier
iOS Development with Swift Techdegree Student 1,740 Points

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/python-collections-2/dictionaries/string-formatting-with-dictionaries

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

This code is very different from the challenge shown in the linked page. The one in the page has a function of the same name, but it only operates on a single dictionary and returns a single string result. And the challenge only asks you to supply the argument to the "format" call, you won't need to write any new lines of code.

Check that you've provided a link to the correct page, and if so, re-read the instructions carefully