Disemvowel
Removing the vowels from a sentence.
Disemvowelling is removing all the vowels from a piece of alphabetic text. It was once a common feature of the SMS language where the number of characters in a message was limited, and users were charged per message. It requires little cognitive effort to read so it was a good way of typing message quickly and keeping the cost down. Disemvowelling has more recently been used as a forum moderation tool.
Make
Write a program that allows the user to enter a sentence before outputting that sentence with all the vowels removed.
Use this boilerplate code as a starting point:
Success Criteria
Remember to add a comment before a subprogram, selection or iteration statement to explain its purpose.
Complete the subprogram called `dvowel` that:
- Takes one parameter, `message` that is the string to process.
- Returns the message with all the vowels (AaEeIiOoUu) removed.
Complete the `main program` so that:
- The user can input the message to disemvowel.
- The `dvowel` function is called.
- The disemvowelled message is displayed.
Typical inputs and outputs from the program would be:
Enter the message: Hello world
The disemvoweled version of the message is:
Hll wrld
Enter the message: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
The disemvoweled version of the message is:
Th qck brwn fx jmps vr th lzy dg
Knowledge Organiser
Use these resources as a reference to help you meet the success criteria.
Programming guide:
Flowcharts:
Evaluate
Run the unit tests below to check that your program has met the success criteria.
Enter the message: Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.
The disemvoweled version of the message is:
Cmptrs r ncrdbly fst, ccrt, nd stpd. Hmn bngs r ncrdbly slw, nccrt, nd brllnt. Tgthr thy r pwrfl bynd mgntn.
Enter the message: The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
The disemvoweled version of the message is:
Th rl dngr s nt tht cmptrs wll bgn t thnk lk mn, bt tht mn wll bgn t thnk lk cmptrs.
Check that you have:
- Used comments within the code to describe the purpose of subprograms, conditions and iterations.
- Used meaningful identifier names. That means the names of subprograms and variables indicate what they are for.
