Error validating whether first letter of string in list is a vowel, solutions?

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Apologies for the bad formatting, it is my first post. I'm currently trying to return a list of words that begin with vowels from a given list, yet it is returning nothing. Is there a possibility for assistance?

x = ["A","B","C","D","E","F",]
wordList = []
for i in x:
  if i[0].lower() == ['a','e','i','o','u']:
    wordList.append(i)
return wordList

A single character cannot be equal to an entire list. You are meant to use `in`. — Jongware, Mar 10 '20 at 18:34
Does this answer your question? [Fastest way to check if a value exists in a list](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7571635/fastest-way-to-check-if-a-value-exists-in-a-list) — AMC, Mar 10 '20 at 19:37

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 10 '20 at 18:47

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Another way to do it:

x = ["A","B","C","D","E","F",]
wordList = [ i for i in x if i.lower().startswith(('a','e','i','o','u')) ]

answered Mar 10 '20 at 18:47

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Anshuman Jayaprakash · Answer 2 · 2020-03-10T18:45:12.753

 x = ["A","B","C","D","E","F",]
 wordList = []
 for i in x:
     if i.lower() in ['a','e','i','o','u']:
         wordList.append(i)
 return wordList

try this.you will get letters that are vowels. for words beginning with vowels you can do the following.

 x = ["A","B","C","D","E","F",]
 wordList = []
 for i in x:
     if i[0].lower() in ['a','e','i','o','u']:
         wordList.append(i)
 return wordList

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Error validating whether first letter of string in list is a vowel, solutions?

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