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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Omid Ashtari
Omid Ashtari
4,813 Points
Posted by Omid Ashtari
Omid Ashtari
4,813 Points

cannot figure out what I've done wrong for Disemvowel

Thought I had most of this correct, then got a little help from the only other 'help' question about this, but still stuck. Any guidance is appreciated.

def disemvowel(word): vowels = list('aeiou') newWord = list(word) newerWord - newWord.lower() for vowel in vowels: while vowel in newerWord: try: newerWord.remove(vowel) except ValueError: break s = '' word = s.join(newerWord) return word

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = list('aeiou')
    newWord = list(word)
    newerWord - newWord.lower()
    for vowel in vowels:
        while vowel in newerWord:
            try:
                newerWord.remove(vowel)
            except ValueError:
                break
    s = ''
    word = s.join(newerWord)
    return word

2 Answers

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points 
def disemvowel(word):
    result = ''
    for letter in word:
        if letter  not in 'aeiou':
            result += letter
    return result

How this works:

The program goes through every item in the string, and if the letter is not in 'aeiou', add the letter to a variable called result. When the loop finishes, return the result variable which is the string disemvoweled. :smile:

I hope this helps. ~Alex