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Timotheus Taruvinga
2,319 PointsEOFError
people i am getting an end of file error when i pop this code on the assisgnment platform. but this code is working pretty well on the workspace.
vowels=["a","e","i","o","u"]
def disemvowel(word):
for letter in word:
for vowel in vowels:
if letter==vowel:
newstr = word.replace(letter, "")
word=newstr
return word
while True:
word=input("put any word of your choice and the vowels will be given\n > ").lower()
final=disemvowel(word)
print(final)
continue
2 Answers
Louise St. Germain
19,424 PointsHi Timotheus,
There are 2 things that need fixing for this to work.
First, you'll want to get rid of that whole "while True" section that repeats the request for a string. It's not that the code is wrong, but the challenge is not expecting it so it's finding itself stuck in a loop when it thinks the program should be finished running. Taking that block out will get rid of your EOF error.
However, you'll then run into a second error, because now the upper/lowercase aspect is not covered. If you compare letter.lower() to your vowel, instead of just letter, it should be fine, like so:
vowels=["a","e","i","o","u"]
def disemvowel(word):
for letter in word:
for vowel in vowels:
if letter.lower()==vowel:
newstr = word.replace(letter, "")
word=newstr
return word
I hope this helps!
Timotheus Taruvinga
2,319 PointsGot you bro even more than you did. thanks a lot.
Timotheus Taruvinga
2,319 PointsTimotheus Taruvinga
2,319 PointsThanks Louise. it worked.
but i am surprised how i have to do this: letter.lower() because i hade already lowered any input: word=input("put any word of your choice and the vowels will be given\n > ").lower()
if you note, the 'letter' variable is deriving its value from the 'word' variable and already anything that is in the 'word' is lowerd so why should i lower the 'letter'. isn't that unnecessary duplication?
Louise St. Germain
19,424 PointsLouise St. Germain
19,424 PointsHi Timotheus,
Good question! The obvious problem is that it was in the section of code we took out! :-)
However, there is another problem, which is that if the user enters a string with upper case characters, like "HEY THIS string has UPPER aNd lower CaSe ChArActERs", and you store that string as all lower case (as in your original code), it will fail the challenge because you lose track of which characters were originally upper case. The challenge is expecting you to return all the consonants as they were - either upper or lower case. That's why I'm using the .lower() only for the comparison, not for actually storing the letters.
Alternatively, you could add upper case vowels to your list of vowels, and remove the .lower() in the comparison altogether.
Hopefully that clarifies things a bit!