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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Wendi Bao
Wendi Bao
1,150 Points

I don't know what is wrong with this coding

I tried to use the remove method but failed, and I hope you could help me fix my code

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]
    for letter in word: 
        if letter in vowels:
            word.remove(letter)
    return word

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

Strings don't have a "remove" method, were you thinking of using "replace"?

Wendi Bao
Wendi Bao
1,150 Points

So if I want to use the remove method, I have to change the string into list first? But I am not sure how to do this. I actually want to use the remove method not replace

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,744 Points

Sure, that's another way to go. Change the string to a list, make the changes to it with "remove", and then join it back into a string to return it.

If you go that way, be sure to use a copy of the list for looping to avoid problems with items being skipped.