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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Morten Egge
Morten Egge
1,898 Points
Posted by Morten Egge
Morten Egge
1,898 Points

Error on disemvowel

keep getting error on my code, it works in console..

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    vowel = 'AEIOU'
    mod_word = ""
    for i, v in enumerate(word.upper()):
        if not v in vowel:
            mod_word += v


    return mod_word

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

In this case, it's a casing issue. The word you return needs to match the case of the word that's passed in. For example, if the function takes the string "no vowels", it expects to get back "n vwls", not "N VWLS". At the beginning of your loop, you're converting the entire word to be uppercase, so when you build mod_word, all the letters will be unconditionally capital. It'd be better if you converted each individual letter to uppercase when you check to see if it's a vowel instead. That way, you can still keep a list of just the uppercase values, and you still have access to the properly-cased value to append to mod_word

Morten Egge
Morten Egge
1,898 Points
Morten Egge
Morten Egge
1,898 Points

Thank you ! I i changed the code to" for i, v.upper()" Worked like a charm.