python removing vowels not working

Asked Jul 13 '17 at 09:29

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So I have been trying to remove vowels from a Word in python. According to the programming logic, it should do just fine. Can't find the problem.

def disemvowel(word):
    b = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
    try:
        a = list(word)
    except ValueError:
        print("{} is not a word.".format(word))
    else:
        for words in a:
            for vowels in b:
                if words.lower() == vowels:
                    a.remove(words)
        word = ", ".join(a)
    return word


m = input("Enter word:")
print(disemvowel(m))

edited Jul 13 '17 at 09:31

Daniel Roseman

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asked Jul 13 '17 at 09:29

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You are modifying the list `a` inside the loop. That causes problems. You should create a copy and modify it. Finally, return the modified copy. – Carles Mitjans Jul 13 '17 at 09:31
Still can't figure it out.. – Jul 13 '17 at 09:49
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Instead of `for words in a` do `for words in a[:]`. This creates a copy of list `a` on the fly. – Carles Mitjans Jul 13 '17 at 09:52

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