Python | Alternate vowels and consonents in String

Sometimes, while working with Strings in Python, we can have a problem in which we may need restructure a string, adding alternate vowels and consonants in it. This is a popular school-level problem and having solution to this can be useful. Let’s discuss certain ways in which this problem can be solved.

Method #1 : Using loop + join() + zip_longest()
The combination of above functions can be used to perform this task. In this, we first, separate vowels and consonents in separate lists. And then join alternatively using zip_longest() and join().

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Alternate vowels and consonents in String 
# using zip_longest() + join() + loop 
from itertools import zip_longest 
  
# initializing string  
test_str = "gaeifgsbou"
  
# printing original string  
print("The original string is : " + test_str) 
  
# Alternate vowels and consonents in String 
# using zip_longest() + join() + loop 
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'] 
test_vow = [] 
test_con = [] 
for ele in test_str: 
   if ele in vowels: 
       test_vow.append(ele) 
   elif ele not in vowels: 
       test_con.append(ele) 
res = ''.join(''.join(ele) for ele in zip_longest(test_vow, test_con, fillvalue ='')) 
  
# printing result 
print("Alternate consonents vowels are: " + res) 

Output :

The original string is : gaeifgsbou
Alternate consonents vowels are: agefigosub

Method #2 : Using loop + map() + lambda
This task can also be performed using combination of above functionalities. It is similar as above method, the only differences are usage of map() and lambda functions to perform alternate joining.

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Alternate vowels and consonents in String 
# using loop + map() + lambda 
from itertools import zip_longest 
  
# initializing string  
test_str = "gaeifgsbou"
  
# printing original string  
print("The original string is : " + test_str) 
  
# Alternate vowels and consonents in String 
# using loop + map() + lambda 
vowels = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u'] 
test_vow = [] 
test_con = [] 
for ele in test_str: 
   if ele in vowels: 
       test_vow.append(ele) 
   elif ele not in vowels: 
       test_con.append(ele) 
res = ''.join(map(lambda sub: sub[0] + sub[1],  
                  zip_longest(test_vow, test_con, fillvalue =''))) 
  
# printing result 
print("Alternate consonents vowels are: " + res) 

Output :

The original string is : gaeifgsbou
Alternate consonents vowels are: agefigosub

My Personal Notes

Recommended Posts: