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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Disemvowel

Guys I don't know where to start on task... this challenge is brain storming me I don't know where to begin...please help with the code its been 2 days kkkk

disemvowel.py
def disemvowel(word):
    return word

2 Answers

Eric M
Eric M
11,546 Points

Here's the checking part you'll need

#loop through the characters
for c in word:
        #check to see if we have a non-vowel
        if not (c in "aeiou") or (c in "AEIOU"):
                #it's a consonant

Once you get all the letters that match the non a vowel pattern, you'll need to return them as a string.

Maybe review the videos (and be sure to do the workspaces!) if you're still having trouble

Eric M
Eric M
11,546 Points

A string is just a list of characters, so you can loop through each character using something like:

for c in word:
        #your code here

For each character, use an if statement to see if it matches the condition you're checking for. In this case we want to see if something isn't a vowel, if it's not a vowel it belongs in the string we want the function to return. If it is a vowel we don't need it to be part of the returned string.

That's just one way to do it. You could also slice the string whenever you see a vowel to remove it!

Let me try and get back to you soon

I can't get it write man...can you provide the code kkk