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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
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Posted by Sean Flanagan
Sean Flanagan
33,235 Points

Attribute Error

Hi.

This strikes me as an impossible challenge. What's up with my code?

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'remove'

Cheers!

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    vowels = ["a", "e", "i", "o", "u", "A", "E", "I", "O", "U"]
    for vowel in vowels:
        if vowel in word:
            word.remove(vowel)
    return word

1 Answer

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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"AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'remove'"

What it's referring to is this line: 

word.remove(vowel)

Strings don't have a remove method, so you'll have to use a different strategy.