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Brian Haucke
13,717 PointsPython disemvowel challenge. My code is not accepted, although it works in other text editors.
The disemvowel challenge will not accept this code, but I've tried it in other text editors and it appears to work just fine. I keep getting the message "Bummer! Hmm, got back some letters I wasn't expecting!" Can someone tell me why this isn't working in the challenge? Thanks.
def disemvowel(word):
vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]
word = word.lower()
word_list = list(word)
for letter in word_list:
if letter in vowels:
word_list.remove(letter)
word = "".join(word_list)
return word
2 Answers
Manish Giri
16,266 PointsIn Python, it's not advisable to mutate a list while you're traversing through it. Which is what you're doing in your code.
I amended your code slightly. This code checks that if the current letter in the word is not a vowel, it appends this letter to a new list. Then it concatenates and returns the list as a string -
def disemvowel(word):
vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]
word_list = []
for letter in word:
if letter.lower() not in vowels:
word_list.append(letter)
word = "".join(word_list)
return word
Craig Dennis
Treehouse TeacherIt looks like your code doesn't preserve case of the original word. I've made the challenge show more on why it is failing,
Let me know if that does the trick for ya!
Brian Haucke
13,717 PointsThanks Craig, that helped quite a bit! I added capital letters to my vowels list and tinkered around a little more and got it to work!