str.strip()
str.strip(characters)
Remove spaces at the beginning and at the end of the string.
- Input:
- characters : String, optional
- A set of characters to remove as leading/trailing characters. Default is white space " ".
- Returns:
- String with removed leading and trailing space or specified characters.
- Return Type:
- String
" panda ".strip()
"panda"
# The 'y' in 'baby' does not get stripped since its in the middle.
"...baby panda?! ".strip(".?! y")
"panda"
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