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Hussein Amr
2,461 Pointswhy is my code not working
def disemvowel(word):
vowels = ['a','e','i','o','u','A','E','I','O','U']
for letter in vowels:
if letter in word:
word.remove(letter)
else:
continue
return word
def disemvowel(word):
vowels = ['a','e','i','o','u','A','E','I','O','U']
for letter in vowels:
if letter in word:
word.remove(letter)
else:
continue
return word
Hussein Amr
2,461 PointsEric Boxer Didn't work
3 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsRemember the word argument is a string. To break word up into a list use list(word). This can be reassign back to word:
word = list(word)
Loop over the new extracted letters now in word:
for letter in word[:]:
The extra [:] means the for loop should iterate on a copy of word. A copy keeps the index references safe from deletions of letters from original extract word.
Now, if letter is in vowels it can be remove from word using word.remove(letter)
When the for loop completes, rejoin the letters of word back into a string. Use the join() method for this:
return "".join(word)
Good Luck!!
Hussein Amr
2,461 Pointsthanks man i got it now :D
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsYour current approach will only find the first occurrence of each vowel in the word. Try reversing the comparison: check if each letter in the word is in the vowels list.
Post back if you need more hints. Good Luck!!
Hussein Amr
2,461 Pointsstill not working :/ i tried your method but maybe i did something wrong, I just flipped "vowels" and "word"
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsBe careful not to modify the for loop iterable. If you're using word, then modifying word will throw off the indexes using by the for loop. Instead, use a copy of word by adding slice copy notation: word[:]
Repost your code if you're still stuck! Keep at it!
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 PointsAlso, remember to convert the word in to a mutable list where letters can be removed. You can't remove letters from a string.
Hussein Amr
2,461 PointsChris Freeman man i tried everything and im still stuck, also i don't know how to convert a word into a mutable
def disemvowel(word):
word[:]
vowels = ['a','e','i','o','u','A','E','I','O','U']
for letter in vowels:
if letter in word:
word.remove(letter)
return word
Eric Boxer
9,026 PointsEric Boxer
9,026 PointsThe argument
wordis a string, and strings have a method ofremove. Try usingreplaceinstead.