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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Gregory James
Gregory James
6,537 Points

disemvowel

I am having trouble with my code here. I have been stuck on this for 3 days. Can someone please explain?

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = "aeiou"
    wordlist = list(word)
    for letter in wordlist.upper() or wordlist.lower():
        wordlist.remover(letter)
        word = "".join(wordlist)
    return word

1 Answer

Oskar Lundberg
Oskar Lundberg
9,534 Points
Oskar Lundberg
Oskar Lundberg
9,534 Points

Hi there Gregory James! I will post two solutions to this challenge. I hope this will help you :D

This first solution is probably something you would be more familiar with.

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = "aeiouAEIOU"
    new_word = []
    for letter in word:
        if letter not in vowels:
            new_word.append(letter)
    word = "".join(new_word)
    return word

This second solution uses something called a List Comprehension, which is something you will learn about later if you continue to learn Python. Keep it up! :D 

def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = "aeiouAEIOU"
    new_word = [letter for letter in word if letter not in vowels]  # <-- List Comprehension
    word = "".join(new_word)
    return word