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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points
Posted by Pratham Patel
Pratham Patel
4,976 Points

Can I get some help with this code challenge

I don't see what I did wrong

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ["a", "e", 'i', 'o', 'u']
    a = input("Give me an vowel: ")
    if a.upper() in vowels.upper():
        a.remove(a)
    else:
        print("try again")
        continue
    return word

2 Answers

Josue Ipina
Josue Ipina
19,212 Points
Josue Ipina
Josue Ipina
19,212 Points

First, the challenge requires you to just take the given word argument, remove the vowels, and then return it. So you don't need to get any new input, just take word, iterate through it checking for vowels and remove them.

You can do it like this:

def disemvowel(word):
    #split word into a list containing each character
    mylist = list(word)

    #iterate through each letter in the (non-split) word
    for letter in word:
        if letter in 'aeiouAEIOU':         #if the selected letter is contained in 'aeiouAEIOU'
            mylist.remove(letter)          #remove that letter from the list
    return ''.join(mylist) #return the joined list of characters
Denis Nutiu
Denis Nutiu
650 Points
Denis Nutiu
Denis Nutiu
650 Points

a.remove(a) I think you meant vowels