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 >>> _