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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Mustafa Msipa
Mustafa Msipa
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How to remove vowels from a word

I am confused as to how to remove the vowels as efficiently as possible without doing each one individually.

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word.remove("a","e","i","o","u")
    word.remove("A", "E", "I", "O", "U")
    return word

1 Answer

Rogier Nitschelm
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Rogier Nitschelm
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Rogier Nitschelm
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Rogier Nitschelm
iOS Development Techdegree Student 5,461 Points

I don't know any python, but the first step I would personally take is turn word into lowercase. So you only have to check for "aeiou", rather than both "aeiou" and "AEIOU".