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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points
Posted by Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points

[SOLVED] Not accepted by Treehouse, works fine in my environment.

Here is my code, that works fine in my environment but Treehouse refuses to accept it:

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u')
    temp = []
    for l in word.lower():
        if l not in vowels:
            temp.append(l)
    return ''.join(temp)

When I try with:

w = 'AIlaptopuiaEXOdus'
print(disemvowel(w))

it returns:

lptpxds
Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points

the probles is that you have to return word, no temp. I hope this help

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u')
    temp= word
    word = []
    for l in temp.lower():
        if l not in vowels:
            word.append(l)
        else:
            pass

    print( ''.join(word))

disemvowel('AIlaptopuiaEXOdus')

4 Answers

Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points
Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points

the problem is that you have to return word, no temp. I hope this help

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u')
    temp= word
    word = []
    for l in temp.lower():
        if l not in vowels:
            word.append(l)
        else:
            pass

    print( ''.join(word))

disemvowel('AIlaptopuiaEXOdus')
Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points
Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points

Your code does not work either. Point is that my code returns the correct values, shouldn't be necessary to rename the variable returned...

Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan
1,916 Points
Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan
1,916 Points

I think the problem lies in the fact that you are changing the case of the input in your function.

Treehouse expects that an input of "HELLO" will return "HLL"

Your function as written takes "HELLO" and returns "hll"

Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points
Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points

Well, the assignment was to make sure both upper and lowercase are handled. But... I probably misunderstood something in the text.

I move on with life after solving it like this:

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ('a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U')
    temp = []
    for l in word.lower():
        if l not in vowels:
            temp.append(l)
    return ''.join(temp)

Thanks for your feedback.

Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points
Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points

I managed to figure out a way to solve it. See below.

Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points
Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points

Chris Sederqvist it is odd, your code works perfectly in Pycharm. I tried differents ways and neither of them passed. Maybe, it is a bug.

Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points
Chris Sederqvist
Chris Sederqvist
7,596 Points

After adding 'A', 'E', 'I', 'O', 'U' to the tuple of vowels it passes in Treehouse as well.

Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points
Frank Campos
Frank Campos
4,175 Points

Chris Sederqvist I saw the change you did to your code. I pasted it in the challenge, but it didn't pass either. Very weird!!!!