How to use str.format() with a dictionary in python?

Question

What is wrong in this piece of code?

dic = { \'fruit\': \'apple\', \'place\':\'table\' }
test = \"I have one {fruit} on the {place}.\".format(dic)
print(test)

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Answer 1

There is ''.format_map() function since Python 3.2:

test = "I have one {fruit} on the {place}.".format_map(dic)

The advantage is that it accepts any mapping e.g., a class with __getitem__ method that generates values dynamically or collections.defaultdict that allows you to use non-existent keys.

It can be emulated on older versions:

from string import Formatter

test = Formatter().vformat("I have one {fruit} on the {place}.", (), dic)