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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Barak Eyala
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Barak Eyala
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Posted by Barak Eyala
Barak Eyala
Courses Plus Student 1,088 Points

Trouble with the challenge.

I am not sure why my code isn't working any ideas?

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    split_word = word.split()
    all_vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]
    for vowel in all_vowels:
        try:
             split_word.remove(vowel)
        except ValueError:
            continue
    word = "".join(split_word)
    return word

1 Answer

Martynas Matimaitis
Martynas Matimaitis
10,480 Points
Martynas Matimaitis
Martynas Matimaitis
10,480 Points

Hi,

When I copied your code and tried running it first problem was it had indentation issues but that might be only an issue with my text editor.

Secondly, the method remove() works only with lists (ref: https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/methods/list/remove) and doesn't help when trying to remove a character from a string. One method that could help you is replace():

new_string = old_string.replace("char_to_replace", "char_to_replace_with")

Other way could be using regular expressions with the help of RE library (ref: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html)

Hope this helps!