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Julian Cardona
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,894 Pointsdisemvowel function
HI! Can someone explain to me why this is wrong?
def disemvowel(word): word = word.lower() word = list(word) for letter in word: if 'a' in word: word.remove('a') if 'e' in word: word.remove('e') if 'i' in word: word.remove('i') if 'o' in word: word.remove('o') if 'u' in word: word.remove('u') word = "".join(word) return word
def disemvowel(word):
word = word.lower()
word = list(word)
for letter in word:
if 'a' in word:
word.remove('a')
if 'e' in word:
word.remove('e')
if 'i' in word:
word.remove('i')
if 'o' in word:
word.remove('o')
if 'u' in word:
word.remove('u')
word = "".join(word)
return word
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsAny letter that is not removed (not a vowel) should not be altered. But this function coverts the entire word to lower case.
Try: "disemvowel("UPPERCASE")" — the result should be "PPRCS".
Julian Cardona
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,894 PointsJulian Cardona
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 4,894 PointsThanks! Steven! I actually just used a bunch of ifs to look for lower case vowels and upper case vowels. It’s super inefficient but it did the trick
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsSteven Parker
231,236 PointsIf you wanted to make the code more compact, instead of testing individually for each possible vowel, you could test each letter for membership in a string of vowels.