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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf
2,225 Points
Posted by Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf
2,225 Points

I'm not sure why Treehouse is saying this isn't working. I ran it on my machine using python and the function works...

It works in normal python?

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word = word.lower()
    wordlist = list(word)
    vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
    for check in vowels:
        not_end = True
        while not_end:
            try:
                wordlist.remove(check)
            except ValueError:
                pass
                not_end = False
    word = "".join(wordlist)
    return word

2 Answers

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,119 Points

When your code seems to be working offline but not passing the challenge, it's usually best to re-read the challenge and make sure you're doing exactly what it asks you to do.

Notice that the challenge doesn't ask you to convert the entire string to lowercase, so your function isn't doing what the challenge is asking.

Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf
2,225 Points
Matt Wolf
Matt Wolf
2,225 Points

Thanks - I tweaked it a bit and got it to work