How to loop through a list of dictionaries to extract the values

Question

I have a list of simple key value pair dictionaries. I want to return all the values

eg.

namelist([ {'name': 'Bart'}, {'name': 'Lisa'}, {'name': 'Maggie'} ])
# returns 'Bart, Lisa & Maggie'

whats the solution to this?

I do not understand how to do this. first I have just tried looping through to return each value in the list and it only returns the first item.

def namelist(names):
    for i in names:
        return i

It only returns:

{name: 'Bart'}

The end result should return: 'Bart, Lisa & Maggie'

I dont even understand why my loop isnt looping through each item in the list, just the first.

you have a list and a python hammer, wow! – Devesh Kumar Singh Jun 14 '19 at 19:13 — Devesh Kumar Singh, Jun 14 '19 at 19:13
`return [i for i in names.values()]` – JacobIRR Jun 14 '19 at 19:14 — JacobIRR, Jun 14 '19 at 19:14

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '19 at 19:13

-1

you're returning which exits the function. Just use print

answered Jun 14 '19 at 19:13

Ahmed

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