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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Alexander Boman Skoug
Alexander Boman Skoug
1,608 Points

Function in workspaces gives different response than in task

So my function works in workspaces, on my local computer and on my Raspberry server but whenever I use the function on the task it gives a different response

disemvowel.py 
vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]
to_delete = []

def disemvowel(word):
    word = list(word)
    print(word)
    for index, i in enumerate(word):
        print(index, i)
        if i in vowels:
            to_delete.append(index)
            print(to_delete)
    for indexed in sorted(to_delete, reverse=True):
        del word[indexed]
    word = "".join(word)
    return word



print(disemvowel("PMrs"))

1 Answer

Alexander Boman Skoug
Alexander Boman Skoug
1,608 Points
Alexander Boman Skoug
Alexander Boman Skoug
1,608 Points

Managed to solve it myself with a more efficient method

vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]

def disemvowel(word):
    word = list(word)
    for i in vowels:
        try:
            word.remove(i)
        except ValueError:
            continue
    word = "".join(word)
    return word