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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Blake Golliher
Blake Golliher
5,943 Points

I think there's a solution checker bug, this code works locally.

this doesn't pass the python-collections-2/lists/disemvowel test, but it should. At least I think so.

def disemvowel(word): vowels = 'aeiouAEIOU' return word.translate(None, vowels)

print disemvowel(word)

disemvowel.py
def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = 'aeiouAEIOU'
    print word.translate(None, vowels)

This also fails to pass the test.

import string

def devowel(word): print word word = string.replace(word, 'a', '') word = string.replace(word, 'e', '') word = string.replace(word, 'i', '') word = string.replace(word, 'o', '') word = string.replace(word, 'u', '') return word

3 Answers

your original code prints instead of returning, and while it works in python 2.7 i think the checker is 3.6. the translate method changed between versions and translate no longer takes 2 arguments.

also replace in the string module seems to be deprecated in 3.x

Blake Golliher
Blake Golliher
5,943 Points

ah okay. Should have checked if these work in 3 before trying. Thank you for your answer!