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Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 10:30:51 -0500
Subject: Re: Errors while using strip and remove on a variable.
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On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:21 AM, anand jeyahar <anand.ibmgsi@gmail.com> wro=
te:
> Hi,
> =A0=A0=A0 I am trying to strip a string and then remove on the resulting =
list to
> remove a set of characters. It works fine with the python shell.
>
> But after remove the list becomes None, when i am running it from within =
a
> script.
>
> I am guessing it has something to do with the way python handles assignme=
nt.
> please find the script below*
>
> a =3D'oe,eune,eueo, ,u'
> b =3D a.split(',')
> print b
> c =3D b.remove('oe')

The remove method of a list modifies the list in place and doesn't
return anything (Therefore, it returns None because every
function/method in Python has to return something). There's no need to
assign the result to a variable.