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Buck Randall
1,714 PointsWhat's wrong with my code
def disemvowel(word): vowels=['a','e','i','o','u'] char_list=list(word) for letter in char_list: for vowel in vowels: if letter.lower()==vowel.lower() or letter.upper()==vowel.upper(): char_list.remove(letter) word=''.join(char_list) return word
print(disemvowel('watermelon'))
Python 2.7.12 (v2.7.12:d33e0cf91556, Jun 27 2016, 15:19:22) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "copyright", "credits" or "license()" for more information.
======================= RESTART: C:\Python27\buck1.py ======================= wtrmln
def disemvowel(word):
vowels=['a','e','i','o','u']
char_list=list(word)
for letter in char_list:
for vowel in vowels:
if letter.lower()==vowel.lower() or letter.upper()==vowel.upper():
char_list.remove(letter)
word=''.join(char_list)
return word
print(disemvowel('watermelon'))
1 Answer
james south
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 33,271 Pointswell one thing is that you are modifying a list that you are looping through. this causes elements in the list to be skipped, and while your code works for watermelon, it doesn't work for any word with consecutive vowels. make a copy of the list, loop through it while modifying the original or vice versa. also you don't really need nested for loops but it can still work. you could also throw in a break statement to reduce unnecessary comparisons.