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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Posted by Renee Rhodes
Renee Rhodes
10,653 Points

String Factory Code Challenge- I think I'm missing something here?

This is what I have:

```string = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!" def function "string_factory" = (string.format(**dicts))

but I am getting a syntax error, which I can't copy without canceling the post. 

I think I'm just missing something here.

1 Answer

Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
Martin Cornejo Saavedra
18,132 Points

This is the answer:

def string_factory(my_list_dicts,my_string):  #a list of dicts and a string
  aux_list = [] #we create an empty list to be filled

  for index in range(len(my_list_dicts)):   #we iterate over the list of dicts
    new_string = my_string.format(**my_list_dicts[index]) #we unpack each dict's contents on the string
    aux_list.append(new_string)  #we add the string to the list

  return aux_list