string.replace

[Gordon McMillan]

marlon asks:

> can anyone tell me why this breaks?
> 
> Python 1.4 (Nov  4 1997)  [GCC 2.7.2.3]
         ^^^

> Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> import sys, string
> >>> line = 'cat "in" the hat'
> >>> line = string.replace( line, '"', '')
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> AttributeError: replace
> >>> 

I believe string.replace came with 1.5.

- Gordon