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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by agzagi
agzagi
2,399 Points

Disemvowel works on Spyder, but does not pass on Treehouse

Dear fellows,

I am working on the code challenge "Disemvowel".

I came up with the following code, which, as far as tested, is working and returning the expected results on Spyder. However it does not pass the challenge. I get the message "hmm, got back letters I wasn't expecting!"

Can anyone provide me with some insight into what I am doing wrong?

I appreciate your help very much!

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word = word.lower()
    vowels = ["a","e","i","o","u"]
    new_word = ""
    for i in word:
        if i in vowels:
            pass
        else:
            new_word += i

    return new_word

1 Answer

leonardbode
leonardbode
Courses Plus Student 4,011 Points

Hey Agustin,

It seems you are returning the string entirely lower-cased, because you assign word to word.lower() at the beginning.

disemvowel("Hey Agustin")

Yours returns --> "hy gstn"

Should return --> "Hy gstn"

Try this:

def disemvowel(word):
    string = ""
    for letter in word:
        if letter.lower() not in "aeiou":
            string += letter

    return string

See if you can spot the difference yourself.

If you have any other questions I will update my answer, if you do not have any other questions:

Remember to upvote and to choose the best answer so that your question receives a checkmark in forums.

Kind regards,

Leo

agzagi
agzagi
2,399 Points

That is awesome Leo, thank you very much!!!

I did not expect such a promt answer (literally less than 5 min after posting)

I appreciate it !!

William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Moderator Note: given Agustin's comment, I consider this issue has been resolved and marked Leo's answer as Best Answer.

I like this solution for the fact that it's very clean & Pythonic. Thanks, Leonard Bode for helping out in the forum, appreciate it.