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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Lists Disemvowel

Emilio Andere
Emilio Andere
495 Points

Why is this wrong

Why

disemvowel.py
def disemvowel(word):
    try:
        disemvowel.remove("e", "i")
    except ValueError:
        pass
    return word

disemvowel("emilio")
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Please refer to the answer left here. As stated previously, you can not use the remove method on a string. Also, the remove method takes only one argument. Here, you've passed in two arguments, "e" and "i". Third. the thing you're trying to remove from is word. Try running this in workspaces and you'll get syntax errors because you can not use remove on a string, the thing you're trying to remove from is the name of the function itself, and remove may not have more than one argument.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Hint: while you can't use "remove" on a string, you can use "replace".