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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Abhishek Dokania
Abhishek Dokania
893 Points
Posted by Abhishek Dokania
Abhishek Dokania
893 Points

This code worked for me in ipython notebook but not working here

def disemvowel(word): temp_list = [] temp_list.extend(word) for item in temp_list: if item.lower() in ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]: temp_list.remove(item) word = "".join(temp_list)
return word

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    temp_list = []
    temp_list.extend(word)
    for item in temp_list:
        if item.lower() in ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u"]:
            temp_list.remove(item)
    word = "".join(temp_list)        
    return word

1 Answer

Anshu Aradhyula
Anshu Aradhyula
4,317 Points
Anshu Aradhyula
Anshu Aradhyula
4,317 Points

It's still buggy. As a test case try typing in "aaaaaaaaaaa" or some other vowel repeatedly.

When removing elements from a list within a for loop, you are changing the size of the loop. This makes it function differently and thus skips some letters.

Try using a while loop instead.