strip

Python 3.11

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:

Syntax

PYTHON

str.strip([chars])

Examples

Example 1

PYTHON

>>> '   spacious   '.strip()
'spacious'
>>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
'example'

Example 2

PYTHON

>>> comment_string = '....... Section 3.2.1 Issue 32 .......'
>>> comment_string.strip('.! ')
'Section 3.2.1 Issue 32'