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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Michael Megrath
Michael Megrath
8,630 Points

Won't turn string into list

I have tried this code in workspaces and if I put the word = list(word) outside the scope of the function it works perfectly fine. I printed word right before return, and it has the expected result, but upon returning word it subverts back to a string with all the vowels. I am baffled.

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word = list(word)
    vowels = ['A','E','I','O','U','a','e','i','o','u']
    i = 0
    while (i != len(word)):
        letter = word[i]
        if letter in vowels:
            del word[i]
        else:
            i+=1
    return word

1 Answer

AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points
AJ Salmon
AJ Salmon
5,675 Points

This is a very interesting way to solve this challenge. Not how I would have done it, but it works like a charm, so well done. :) Your code does turn the string into a list; the issue is that it needs to return a string, not a list. Just join() word and it will pass the challenge!

Michael Megrath
Michael Megrath
8,630 Points

Thank you!