str.strip([chars])
Return a copy of the string with the leading and trailing characters removed. The chars argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. If omitted or None
, the chars argument defaults to removing whitespace. The chars argument is not a prefix or suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped:
>>> ' spacious '.strip() 'spacious' >>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.') 'example'
The outermost leading and trailing chars argument values are stripped from the string. Characters are removed from the leading end until reaching a string character that is not contained in the set of characters in chars. A similar action takes place on the trailing end. For example:
>>> comment_string = '#....... Section 3.2.1 Issue #32 .......' >>> comment_string.strip('.#! ') 'Section 3.2.1 Issue #32'
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