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

Posted by Mustafa Msipa
Mustafa Msipa
2,943 Points

string_factory.py

I am lost in terms of what i need to do from this step, if someone could help that would be appreciated

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

values = [{"name": "Michael", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Chisi", "food": "sausage"}]
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"

def string_factory(values):
    new_list = []
    for each_dict in values:
        new_list.append(template.format(**each_dict))
    return new_list

1 Answer

Joey Bruijns
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Joey Bruijns
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Joey Bruijns
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Joey Bruijns
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Hi Mustafa,

Seems like you overcomplicate things a little bit for this challenge.

Your function favorite_food takes a dictionary as its only parameter. So when you call the function you can give it a dictionary as an argument and inside use name and food as the keys.

And now the only thing you have to do is unpack that dictionary with the double asterisks (**) inside of the format method of the function.

def favorite_food(dict):
    return "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!".format(**dict)

favorite_food({"name": "Micheal", "food": "Pizza"})

I know packing and unpacking can be a little bit confusing at first, but hopefully this makes some sense!

Mustafa Msipa
Mustafa Msipa
2,943 Points

Ohh I see now how i may have over complicated things thanks a lot. I'm starting to understand packing and unpacking, I'll make sure to practice it a lot more.