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@@ -353,8 +353,10 @@ The STATION table is described as follows:
 where LAT_N is the northern latitude and LONG_W is the western longitude.
 
 **Solution**
-```sql
-SELECT DISTINCT CITY FROM STATION WHERE UPPER(SUBSTR(CITY, LENGTH(CITY), 1)) NOT IN ('A','E','I','O','U') AND LOWER(SUBSTR(CITY, LENGTH(CITY),1)) NOT IN ('a','e','i','o','u');    
+
+SELECT DISTINCT city 
+FROM station 
+WHERE city NOT LIKE '%a' AND city NOT LIKE '%e' AND city NOT LIKE '%i' AND city NOT LIKE '%o' AND city NOT LIKE '%u';
 ```
 
 ###**[Weather Observation Station 11](https://www.hackerrank.com/challenges/weather-observation-station-11/problem)**