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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Greg Maddox
Greg Maddox
1,471 Points
Posted by Greg Maddox
Greg Maddox
1,471 Points

I can't seem to get remove() to work.

I've tried several things, i can't seem to get .remove() method to work.

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):

    for letters in word:
        if letters == 'a' or letters == 'i' or letters =='o' or letters == 'e' or letters == 'u':
            word.remove(letters)
        elif letters == 'A' or letters == 'E' or letters == 'I' or letters == 'O' or letters == 'U':
            word.remove(letters)
    return word

1 Answer

Thayer Y
Thayer Y
29,789 Points

Try this

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = "aeiouAEIOU"
    new_word = []

    for letter in word:
        if letter not in vowels:
            new_word.append(letter)

    new_word = ''.join(new_word)
    return new_word