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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Posted by rsa14
rsa14
1,865 Points

Not working: Says AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'remove.'

Not sure how to use remove function here.

disemvowel.py 
def disemvowel(word):
    word.remove("a", "A", "e", "E", "I", "i", "O", "o", "U", "u")
    return word

1 Answer

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

A couple of points here.

The challenge is passing a string. Strings (str) do not have a remove() function - they are immutable.

A list does have a remove() function

The remove() function will remove only the first occurrence.

The remove() function only accepts a single argument (you can't pass multiple values)

Is that enough to get you started?