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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Doyle Lardell
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Doyle Lardell
Courses Plus Student 888 Points

perplexed

cant get it

disemvowel.py
def disemvowel(word):
    vowel = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'A', 'E', "I", 'O', "U"]

    try:
        word.remove(vowel)
    except ValueError:
        pass
        return word
Alex Koumparos
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Alex Koumparos
Python Development Techdegree Student 36,887 Points

You haven't given enough detail about what you are trying to accomplish or where you're stuck.

Try reading this helpful guide from Stack Overflow on 'How Do I Ask a Good Question' and rephrase your question to make it easier for people to help you.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The "word" argument is a string, and strings do not have a "remove" method. Perhaps you were thinking of "replace"?

Or you could also convert the string into a list and then you could use "remove", but you'd need to convert it back later.

Either way, you'll probably need a loop since both methods take only scalar (not list) arguments.