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William Van Wart
5,706 Pointsunpacking dictionary. i ran these results through idle and it works. why doesnt this pass on the website?
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
def string_factory(values):
for i,item in enumerate(values):
values[i] = template.format(**item)
return values
print(string_factory([{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]))
# Example:
# values = [{"name": "Michelangelo", "food": "PIZZA"}, {"name": "Garfield", "food": "lasagna"}]
# string_factory(values)
# ["Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Garfield and I love to eat lasagna!"]
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
def string_factory(values):
for i,item in enumerate(values):
values[i] = template.format(**item)
return(values)
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsYour code is good except that it modifies the input argument which seems to upset the checker. Tagging Kenneth Love to please check if modifying the input would cause a failure.
It's better to create a unique list, say, result then append the formatted strings to this list.