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Start your free trialIan Maina
4,571 PointsWhy am I getting an error
its telling me that it couldn't import string factory so what am I doing wrong in this code
# 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!"]
def string_factory(values):
template = "Hi, I'm {name} and I love to eat {food}!"
new_value = []
for value in values:
if name and food:
template.format(name, food)
new_value.append(template)
return new_value
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 PointsYou have the right idea. There isn't a need to verify that 'name' and 'food' are present. The 'name' and 'food' you are looking for would be keys in the local dict value
. As keys, they would be strings. As written, name
and food
are undefined variables. The correct form would be:
if 'name' in value and 'food' in value:
The dict values name
and food
must be extracted from the dictionary. They are not freely available to use directly.
name=value['name']
food=value['food']
As for the, append()
, only the original template is appended again and again. The format()
method returns a new string formatted as requested. Since the format result is not assigned to a variable, the result is lost. Two choices
# assign it a variable
bobs_your_uncle = template.format(name=value['name'], food=value['food'])
new_value.append(bobs_your_uncle)
# or use the result directly:
new_value.append(template.format(name=value['name'], food=value['food'])
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!
Ian Maina
4,571 PointsIan Maina
4,571 Pointswhy am I now getting an error that tells me that it couldn't import
string_factory
?Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,428 PointsIt means a syntax issue is keeping string_factory from compiling correctly.