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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Gökhan KOÇ
Gökhan KOÇ
6,630 Points
Posted by Gökhan KOÇ
Gökhan KOÇ
6,630 Points

Can someone tell me why my code is not accepted? It works on the workspaces.

When I use it on the workspaces, it clearly removes the vowels and returns a new string without any vowels but it is not accepted.

Thanks in advance everyone.

disemvowel.py 
vowels = ["a","e","i","o","u"]

def disemvowel(word):
  word_l = list(word)

  for x in word_l:    
    try:
      if x in vowels or x.lower() in vowels:
              word_l.remove(x)    
    except(ValueError):
      pass

  result = ""

  for x in word_l:
    try:
      result += x
    except(ValueError):
      pass

  return result

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

You are very close. The issue is cause by modifying the iterable used in the for loop. The quick fix is to iterate over a copy word_l.

:point_right: use for x in word_l.copy(): instead!

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!

Gökhan KOÇ
Gökhan KOÇ
6,630 Points
Gökhan KOÇ
Gökhan KOÇ
6,630 Points

I've never used the "copy" method before. Now it makes sense!

Thank you!