.strip()

The .strip() method removes any whitespace at the beginning and end of a string. Optionally, a string of characters can be passed in as an argument to remove those characters instead. Otherwise, all whitespaces will be removed.

Note: The .strip() method removes specified characters only when they appear as the outermost leading and trailing characters in the string.

Syntax

The .strip() method is called on a string using the following syntax:

string.strip(characters)

• characters (optional): Specified character/characters to be removed from the beginning and end of the string.

Example 1

The following example shows the usage of .strip() without a parameter:

string_with_white_spaces = "   221B, Baker Street   "

print(string_with_white_spaces)
print(string_with_white_spaces.strip())

Output:

   221B, Baker Street
221B, Baker Street

Example 2

The following example shows the usage of .strip() with a parameter:

messy_sentence = "iiixxxyyyxyyyyyOctopuses have three hearts and blue blood.iiixxyyyxxyyy"
print(messy_sentence.strip("ixy"))

Output:

Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

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