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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Alwen Nyikadzanzwa
Alwen Nyikadzanzwa
1,541 Points

please help Iam having problems with this question

please help. Iam failing to go through this question

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    return word
    word.lower()
    for letter in word:
        if letter == "a":
            word.remove("a")
        elif letter == ("e"):
            word.remove("e")
        elif letter == ("i"):
            word.remove("i")
        elif letter == ("o"):
            word.remove("o")
        elif letter == ("u"):
            word.remove("u")

2 Answers

Clayton Perszyk
MOD
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points
Clayton Perszyk
Clayton Perszyk
Treehouse Moderator 48,850 Points

a return statement breaks out of the function call and nothing after is processed.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Clayton makes a good point, you'll probably want to save the return for the end of the function.

But two other things you might need to be aware of:

  • calling the "lower" method does not change the string, you need to assign it to something
  • modifying an iterator within the loop can cause items to be skipped over, use a copy to control the loop