Help with disemvomel challenge

Question

I am meant to remove all vowels from 'word' then return the final word. Here is my code:
def disemvowel(word):
    for w in word:
        if w == 'a' or 'A':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'e' or 'E':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'i' or 'I':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'o' or 'O':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'u' or 'U':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        else:
            continue
    return word
Any ideas why it doesn't work?
disemvowel.py
def disemvowel(word):
    for w in word:
        if w == 'a' or 'A':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'e' or 'E':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'i' or 'I':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'o' or 'O':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        elif w == 'u' or 'U':
            w.lowercase()
            word.remove(w)
        else:
            continue
    return word

Jennifer Nordell · Answer

Hi there! Your code contains a series of errors. First, there is no method lowercase(). You are looking for lower(). Secondly, you may not use remove() on a string, which is what is being sent in. You may, however, use remove on a list. Third, if you choose the route to use the remove method on a list, you need to account for what happens to the indexing of your iterable. It's generally a bad idea to mutate the thing you're iterating over. If you use remove() on the list you're iterating over, some checks will be skipped entirely. Try iterating over a copy instead.
Hope this helps! :sparkles:

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