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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Posted by Abdillah Hasny
Abdillah Hasny
Courses Plus Student 3,886 Points

the output is correct, but what is wrong

that is my code , can someone explain to me or if you can suggest any other good way thanks

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}!"
hasil = []
def string_factory(dicts, string):
    for x in dicts:
      makanan = ''
      nama = ''
      for z in x:
          if makanan == '':
              makanan = x[z]
          elif makanan == x[z]:
              makanan = ''
          elif nama == '':
              nama = x[z]

          if nama != '':
              hasil.append(string.format(name=nama,food=makanan))
return hasil

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Try moving the initiation of hasil to inside the function.

Your return statement does not look properly indented. It should be inside the function.

Abdillah Hasny
Abdillah Hasny
Courses Plus Student 3,886 Points

yes worked , but are you have any better code than my code ? i think my code still need improvement to better one ..

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Since the list of dictionaries uses the same key names as the string, you can unpack the dictionary directly in the format() function:

def string_factory(dicts, string):
    hasil = []
    for x in dicts:
        hasil.append(string.format(**x))
    return hasil

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