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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Idan shami
Idan shami
13,251 Points
Posted by Idan shami
Idan shami
13,251 Points

challenge remove

I don't understand why it's not working, please help.... at first, i tried 

 if letter == ("(letters in the challenge)"):
    continue
disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    for letter in word:
        if letter == ("a", "e", "i", "o", "u").lower():
            letter.remove
    return word

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

The syntax error is a tuple does not have a lower() method. Here is one approach:

  • create an empty list as a placeholder for the solution, say, results = []
  • create a list of the vowels to compare with vowels = ['a', 'e'... etc
  • the for loop is OK for letter in word
  • check if letter.lower() is in vowel list
  • if not in vowel list, append to the results list
  • after comparing all letters in word, then use "".join(results) to create the word to return

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!