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srikanth soma
1,572 PointsDisemvowel please make me understand where am I doing wrong?
def disemvowel(word):
vowels = ["a","A","e","E","i","I","o","O","u","U"]
words_list = list(word)
for letters in word_list:
if letters is in vowels:
try:
words_list.remove(letters)
except ValueError:
pass
return word
[MOD: added python to formatting -cf]
7 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYou are close. There are some typos and syntax that need fixing:
- Use a copy of
words_listinforloop to keep from modifying the iterable object. Add slice notation [:] - Correct typos
word_listshould bewords_list - Remove "is" from
ifstatement - Use
"".join()to combine the letters ofwords_listinto a single string and return it.
Post back if you need more hints. Good luck!!
srikanth soma
1,572 PointsSorry, I don't understand that what does it do? and how can I add that?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points# by changing this line
for letters in words_list:
# to this line:
for letters in words_list[:]:
This creates a copy of words_list to iterate over. So when a letter is removed from the actual words_list it does not mess up the for loop execution.
srikanth soma
1,572 PointsThanks for helping out I'll try that is that method called slicing?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsCorrect. A slice always returns a new copy of a list.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsJust chatted with Kenneth Love. The slice is not necessary if you avoid using the remove approach. Think about using append to accumulate the results. Something like:
results = []
for letter in word_list:
if letter in vowel_list:
results.append(letter)
return "".join(results)
srikanth soma
1,572 PointsI've not gone through slicing concept yet and instructor expects to use that so strange!
srikanth soma
1,572 Pointsdef disemvowel(word):
vowel_list = ["a","e","i","o","u","A","E","I","O","U"]
word_list = list(word)
for letter in word_list:
if letter in vowel_list:
word_list.remove(letter)
return word
Sorry I don't understand that your logic says if a letter in word is in vowel_list then append that to results what ? why are we adding vowels in to a new list ? can you integrate that with my above logic and can you add comments what do you mean by that ?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsMy other suggested approach is trying to solve without using a slice notation in the for statement.
If using your specific solution, then I'd modify it by making an explicit copy of the word_list:
def disemvowel(word):
vowel_list = ["a","e","i","o","u","A","E","I","O","U"]
word_list = list(word)
copy_list = word_list.copy() # make copy of list
for letter in copy_list: # loop over copy so 'remove' doesn't mess up looping
if letter in vowel_list:
word_list.remove(letter)
return "".join(word_list) # fixed return value
srikanth soma
1,572 PointsThis worked but why do we need to create a copy of our list why can't we just iterate through our word_list?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsBy using the remove method it is altering the iterable used by the for loop. This removal changes the reference indexes used by the for loop to access items in the iterable. Look at example below.
vowels = "aeiou"
chars = list("abcdefghi")
print("first just print everything")
for char in chars:
print("comparing {}".format(char))
print("chars result: {}".format(chars))
chars = list("abcdefghi")
print("next use remove and print everything")
for char in chars:
print("comparing {}".format(char))
if char in vowels:
chars.remove(char)
print("chars result: {}".format(chars))
chars = list("abcdefghi")
print("Use copy with remove and print everything")
for char in chars.copy():
print("comparing {}".format(char))
if char in vowels:
chars.remove(char)
print("chars result: {}".format(chars))
# produces
first just print everything
comparing a
comparing b
comparing c
comparing d
comparing e
comparing f
comparing g
comparing h
comparing i
chars result: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i']
next use remove and print everything
comparing a
comparing c
comparing d
comparing e
comparing g
comparing h
comparing i
chars result: ['b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h']
# notice skipped/missing iterations
Use copy with remove and print everything
comparing a
comparing b
comparing c
comparing d
comparing e
comparing f
comparing g
comparing h
comparing i
chars result: ['b', 'c', 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h']
srikanth soma
1,572 PointsI'm dumb I don't understand it thanks for helping out
srikanth soma
1,572 Pointssrikanth soma
1,572 PointsThanks but I still see the error saying I wasn't expecting letters
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYou're nearly finished. Add the missing slice notation [:] to
words_listin theforstatement as mentioned in the first bullet point.