lstrip, rstrip and strip remove characters from the left, right and both ends of a string respectively. By default they remove whitespace characters (space, tabs, linebreaks, etc)

Oct 1, 2016 · I want to eliminate all the whitespace from a string, on both ends, and in between words. I have this Python code: def my_handle(self): sentence = ' hello apple ' sentence.strip() …

The method strip () returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the beginning and the end of the string (default whitespace characters). So, it trims whitespace …

Without strip (), bananas is present in the dictionary but with an empty string as value. With strip (), this code will throw an exception because it strips the tab of the banana line.

Apr 27, 2018 · I'm trying to recreate the strip () function of python using Regex. It's the last practice problem from Automate the Boring Stuff with Python. Here's my code: import re …

strip doesn't change the original string since strings are immutable. Also, instead of string1.strip(' '), use string1.replace(' ', '') and set a return value to the new string or just return it.

I know .strip() returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the beginning and the end of the string. But I wonder why / if it is necessary.

The canonical way to strip end-of-line (EOL) characters is to use the string rstrip () method removing any trailing \r or \n. Here are examples for Mac, Windows, and Unix EOL characters.

3 Just to add a few examples to Jim's answer, according to .strip() docs: Return a copy of the string with the leading and trailing characters removed. The chars argument is a string …

Dec 9, 2012 · I was told it deletes whitespace but s = "ss asdas vsadsafas asfasasgas" print(s.strip()) prints out ss asdas vsadsafas asfasasgas shouldn't it be …