[Tutor] Difficult loop?

[bob gailer]

I just can't leave well enough alone. Down to 14 lines.
More names, less magic numbers.

word = "Almuta$r~id"
window = position = 5
shortAndOmit = "aiou+~"
rest = "_" * window + "".join(letter for letter in word
		if letter not in shortAndOmit) + "_" * window
word = iter(word + "+")
for letter in word:
   while letter not in shortAndOmit:
     position += 1
     print rest[position-window:position+window+1] + "_"
     letter = word.next()
   if letter in shortAndOmit[:4]:
     print rest[position-window:position+window+1] + letter
   elif letter == "~":
     print rest[position-window:position+window+1] + "~" + word.next()


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