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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Hara Gopal K
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Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Points
Posted by Hara Gopal K
Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Points

disemvowel

was wondering why this isn't working

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word = list(word)
    vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"] 
    try:
        for letter in word:
            if letter in [v.upper() for v in vowels] or letter in vowels:
                word.remove(letter)
    except ValueError:
        pass
    word = ''.join(word)
    return word

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You are over-thinking this challenge.

You are trying to do a lot of complicated stuff, but really you don't need to do so much.

This is my pseudo-code to give you an idea of what to do:

For each item in the parameter:
    If the item lowercased isn't in the list "a", "e", "i", "o", and "u", then:
        Add the item to the result
Return the result

This isn't valid Python code, but it might give you an idea of how to tackle this problem.

I hope this helps :grin:

Happy C0D1NG! :tada:

:dizzy: ~Alex :dizzy:

Hara Gopal K
Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Points
Hara Gopal K
Hara Gopal K
Courses Plus Student 10,027 Points

thank you Alex...i guess I should start thinking in reverse...i was anchored to the word remove.....i feel like removing the pro tag on my gravatar :D...don't know who gave me that...

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You can also accomplish this task with remove, too!

For example:

word = "A string with lot of vowels"

word_as_list = list(word)
vowels = list('aeiouAEIOU')
for vowel in vowels:
    try:
        word_as_list.remove(vowel)
    except ValueError:
        pass
disvoweled_word = ''.join(word_as_list)