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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Ming How Chai
Ming How Chai
2,040 Points
Posted by Ming How Chai
Ming How Chai
2,040 Points

May someone helps me to check what's wrong with my code?

Don't know where went wrong...

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word = list(word)
    vowel = 'aeiou'
    for i in word:
        if i in vowel or i in vowel.upper():
            word.remove(i)
    return ''.join(word)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,390 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,390 Points

for loops operate incorrectly if the collection under iteration is changed within the loop. One fix is to operate on a copy by adding the slice notation:

    for i in word[:]:

You might consider expanded the vowels string to explicitly include uppercase vowels instead of regenerating the uppercase version ever time through the loop.