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text = " Hello World "
text.strip()
# Hello World
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# define a string with leading and trailing whitespace
my_string = ' Hello, world! '
# remove the leading and trailing whitespace
result = my_string.strip()
print(result) #prints Hello, world!
# remove the leading whitespace
result = my_string.lstrip()
print(result) #prints Hello, world!
# remove the trailing whitespace
result = my_string.rstrip()
print(result) #prints Hello, world!
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Use the strip() method
Example
>>> name = ' Steve '
>>> name
' Steve '
>>> name = name.strip()
>>> name
'Steve'
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Use the rstrip() method
Example
>>> name = ' Steve '
>>> name
' Steve '
>>> name = name.rstrip()
>>> name
' Steve'