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>>> " xyz ".rstrip()
' xyz'
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a = " yo! "
b = a.strip() # this will remove the white spaces that are leading and trailing
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' hello world! '.strip()
'hello world!'
' hello world! '.lstrip()
'hello world! '
' hello world! '.rstrip()
' hello world!'
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Use the strip() method
Example
>>> name = ' Steve '
>>> name
' Steve '
>>> name = name.strip()
>>> name
'Steve'
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import re
my_string = " Hello Python "
output = re.sub(r'^\s+|\s+$', '', my_string)
print(output)
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text = " Example text with whitespace "
# Removing leading and trailing whitespace
trimmed_text = text.strip()
print(trimmed_text)
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s = ' This is a sentence with whitespace. \n'
print('Strip leading whitespace: {}'.format(s.lstrip()))
print('Strip trailing whitespace: {}'.format(s.rstrip()))
print('Strip all whitespace: {}'.format(s.strip()))
# Output
# Strip leading whitespace: This is a sentence with whitespace.
# Strip trailing whitespace: This is a sentence with whitespace.
# Strip all whitespace: This is a sentence with whitespace.