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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

gokulprasath k M
gokulprasath k M
1,344 Points
Posted by gokulprasath k M
gokulprasath k M
1,344 Points

disemvowel bummer shows "Try again"

need help

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):

    word =["a","e", "i", "o", "u"]


    for letter in word:

        try:
            letter.remove("a")
        except ValueError:
            pass

        try:
            letter.remove("e")
        except ValueError:
            pass

        try:
            letter.remove("i")
        except ValueError:
            pass

        try:
            letter.remove("o")
        except ValueError:
            pass

        try:
            letter.remove("u")
        except ValueError:
            pass

    return word

1 Answer

Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points
Jon Mirow
Jon Mirow
9,864 Points

Hi there,

It really helps if you first test your code in a workspace, on your machine or an online environment (like here )

The error you should see is 

File "python", line 9, in disemvowel
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'remove'

What's happening is your for loop goes letter by letter through the string, but .remove is a list method, so you get an AttributeError and the script crashes. Also have a look at your nameing - you have an argument called word, and the first thing that happens is it gets overwritten by a list of vowels :)

Hope it helps!