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Emilio Andere
495 PointsDisemvowel
How do I put a word in a function?
how do I delete a specific letter
def disemvowel(word):
return word
is this correct?
def disemvowel(Emilo): disemvowel.remove(e, i, o) return Emilio
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! First, the challenge you are referring to is sending in a string. Remove is only available on a list. So if you want to use remove, you must convert the string they are sending to a list.
Secondly, the remove function, takes exactly one argument.
I have made a short example on how you can convert a word to a list and how you can remove a specific letter from a list. This will not be the entire solution to this problem. Also note, that if you choose to go this route, you need to find a way to loop through it without mutating it. I suggest making a copy of the list for these purposes. What you'll see printed out is a list of characters and not a word. The challenge expects you to return a string. So if you convert it to a list and then alter it you will then have to convert the results back to a string before you return it.
I highly suggest running this in workspaces.
def disemvowel(word):
word = list(word)
if(word[0] == 'T'):
word.remove('T')
print(word)
disemvowel("Treehouse")
Hope this helps!
