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() But that

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 the …

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.

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 specifying the set of …

925 strip doesn't mean "remove this substring". x.strip(y) treats y as a set of characters and strips any characters in that set from both ends of x. On Python 3.9 and newer you can use the removeprefix …

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.

Oct 8, 2015 · 3 Pointers: strip returns a new string, so you need to assign that to something. (better yet, just use a list comprehension) Iterating over a file object gives you lines, not words; so instead you …

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.

If you want to preserve multiple lines (and also strip leading and trailing newlines), use read -r -d '' var << eof instead; note, however, that if your input happens to contain \neof, it will be cut off just before.