Feb 1, 2013 · You are misunderstanding what .strip() does. It removes any of the characters found in the string you pass. From the str.strip() documentation: The chars argument is a string specifying the set …

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)

Python's built in string method strip() doesn't deal inside the string, just the left and right ends, and default arg is null characters (see below example: several newlines are in the text, and strip() does …

Feb 19, 2012 · 37 The strip() method removes whitespace by default, so there is no need to call it with parameters like '\t' or '\n'. However, strings in Python are immutable and can't be modified, i.e. the …

May 4, 2012 · You can use the strip() method to remove trailing and leading spaces:

How do I strip all the spaces in a python string? For example, I want a string like strip my spaces to be turned into stripmyspaces, but I cannot seem to accomplish that with strip (): >>> '

Feb 4, 2019 · str.strip() removes characters from the start and end of a string only. From the str.strip() documentation: Return a copy of the string with the leading and trailing characters removed. …

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.

Python: strip () method not removing whitespace from text Ask Question Asked 5 years, 8 months ago Modified 5 years, 8 months ago

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