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Maximilian Richly
4,872 Pointswhat am i doing wrong??
not sure why this is not working
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}!"
def string_factory(dicts,string):
for item in dicts:
list_thing[item] = string.format(**dict_list[item])
return list_thing
1 Answer
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsYou're close. But you have a few issues yet:
- remember to define your list_thing before you use it
- remember that item will be a dict, not an index number
- you can add to a list without using an index with .append()
I'll bet you can get it with just these hints. But if you're still stuck, here's how I did it:
SPOILER ALERT
def string_factory(dicts, string):
list_thing = []
for item in dicts:
list_thing.append(string.format(**item))
return list_thing