Question 19 (Algorithmic problem) Write a RECURSIVE function that, given a text (as a string), returns the same text with vowels replaced with a hyphen (-). See the examples given below (doctests) Note: No marks will be awarded for non-recursive implementations.

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Write a RECURSIVE function that, given a text (as a string), returns the same text with vowels replaced with a hyphen (-). See the examples given below (doctests)

Note: No marks will be awarded for non-recursive implementations.

 

def remove_vowels(text):
    """
    Input: a string of text
    Output: the same text with vowels removed
    Examples:
    >>> remove_vowels('this text')
    'th-s t-xt'
    >>> remove_vowels('Python')
    'Pyth-n'
    >>> remove_vowels('')
    ''
    >>> remove_vowels('Apple')
    '-ppl-'
    >>> remove_vowels('myths')
    'myths'
    """

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