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)

Without strip (), you can have empty keys and values: apples<tab>round, fruity things oranges<tab>round, fruity things bananas<tab> Without strip (), bananas is present in the …

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() …

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 …

The String.strip (), String.stripLeading (), and String.stripTrailing () methods trim white space [as determined by Character.isWhiteSpace ()] off either the front, back, or both front and back of …

Aug 29, 2012 · list = map(str.strip, list) This will apply the function str.strip to every element in list, return a new list, and store the result back in list.

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 …

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 …

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.