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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points
Posted by Ian Cole
Ian Cole
454 Points

Disemvowel Confusion

I'm completely lost at this point, I checked the one other question and I guess I just didn't understand what they were saying. Any help?

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    bad_letters = ["A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]
    word_list = list(word)
    for item in word_list:
        if item in bad_letters:
            word_list.remove(item)

    return word

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You're pretty close, here's a few hints:

  • the code modifies "word_list" but then returns "word" — which has not changed
  • altering an iterator while it is controlling a loop can cause items to be skipped over
  • the instructions say to "be sure to look for both uppercase and lowercase vowels!"