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Python Python Collections (Retired) Dictionaries String Formatting with Dictionaries

Leen Leenaerts
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Posted by Leen Leenaerts
Leen Leenaerts
Courses Plus Student 2,367 Points

what's wrong?

?

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}!"

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

2 Answers

lambda
lambda
12,556 Points
lambda
lambda
12,556 Points

If you open a workspace and add a print to the bottom of your code:

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):
  l = []
  for i in dicts:
    string = string.format(**i)  # line 1 
    l.append(string)             # line 2
    # try to combine line 1 and line 2 into 1 single line.
  return l

# print output
print(string_factory(dicts, string))

Your output is repeating the same line over and over:

["Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!"]

It should be:

["Hi, I'm Michelangelo and I love to eat PIZZA!", "Hi, I'm Garfield and I love to eat lasanga!", "Hi, I'm Walter and I love to eat pancakes!", "Hi, I'm Galactus and I love to eat worlds!"]