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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by Yoel Dovid Cohen
Yoel Dovid Cohen
13,405 Points

what am I doing wrong

There is a SyntaxError on Line 4. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word_list = list(word)
    for item in word_list:
        elif item.lower() = "a"
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "e":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "i":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "o":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "u":
            del item
    return word

3 Answers

Nicholas Tan
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Nicholas Tan
Courses Plus Student 8,562 Points
Nicholas Tan
Nicholas Tan
Courses Plus Student 8,562 Points

change your elif item.lower() = "a" to if item.lower() = "a"

Yoel Dovid Cohen
Yoel Dovid Cohen
13,405 Points

I tried it but it didn't work. Thank you.

Sydney O'Reilly
Sydney O'Reilly
3,183 Points
Sydney O'Reilly
Sydney O'Reilly
3,183 Points

Your if/elif/else statement needs an "if" as the first statement. I don't think they can all be "elif"! You're also missing a piece of punctuation in that statement on line 4.

Also, at the end, you're returning your variable "word". Are you sure you're making changes to that variable they way this is written? :)

Nicholas Tan
PLUS
Nicholas Tan
Courses Plus Student 8,562 Points
Nicholas Tan
Nicholas Tan
Courses Plus Student 8,562 Points

try this to be very clear

def disemvowel(word):
    word_list = list(word)
    for item in word_list:
        if item.lower() = "a":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "e":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "i":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "o":
            del item
        elif item.lower() = "u":
            del item
    return word
Yoel Dovid Cohen
Yoel Dovid Cohen
13,405 Points

Thank you. I tried this but their was still a syntax error on line 4. Happy new year.