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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Denis Chernenko
Denis Chernenko
4,077 Points

Please help to proceed this task using loops.

I'm not going to find easy ways :) so what to use loops instead of creating new list and append it, if i is in vowels

Appreciate for help in that style. Thank you in advance

disemvowel.py 
vowels = ["a","e","i","o","u"]

def disemvowel(word):
    for i in list(word.lower()):
        for y in list(vowels.lower()):
            if i == y:
                word.remove(y)
            else:
                print("else")
return (word)
Denis Chernenko
Denis Chernenko
4,077 Points

Please see my new code: word = "aadeddsf" vowels = ["a","e","i","o","u"] def disemvowel(word): for i in list(word.lower()): for y in list(vowels): try: list(word).remove(y) except ValueError: break if i == y: list(word).remove(y) print("{} need to be removed, but not. and the proof word is:".format(y)) print(word) disemvowel(word)

Just run please and let me know why list(word).remove(y) is not working.

Thank you

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

A few issues stand out at first glance:

  • you don't need to print anything in this challenge
  • the return statement needs to be indented
  • trying to remove a lower-cased version of a capital letter won't work
  • you can't use ".lower()" on a list, and the vowels are lower case already
  • you don't need an else