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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by ajithadapa
ajithadapa
2,023 Points

Not sure what is wrong with my answer

What is wrong with the answer ?

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):

    p = list(word)
    q = []

    for i in p:
        if i.lower() == 'a' or \
           i.lower() == 'e' or \
           i.lower() == 'i' or \
           i.lower() == 'o' or \
           i.lower() == 'u':
            continue

        q.append(i)

    word=q
    return word

1 Answer

ajithadapa
ajithadapa
2,023 Points

Hi James

Thanks for the reply.

I even tried replacing "word = q" with "word = str(q)". Execution still fails.

This is the error message which I am seeing. Seems my logic is not complete and it has nothing to do with return type string or list.

Hmm, got back letters I wasn't expecting!