strip() method in python

​The strip() function returns a copy of the string with the characters removed from the beginning and end of the string. (From the right and the left). Depending on the character argument being passed.

string. strip("chars")

If the string contains whitespace and no specific character is provided within the chars argument, the string is returned with whitespace removed by default.

Example:

string = "   learn  python  with ahmed obaid    " 
# prints the string without stripping
print(string) 
# prints the string by removing leading and trailing whitespaces
print(string.strip() 

The output will be: 

   learn  python  with ahmed obaid    
learn  python  with ahmed obaid

If the string does not contain white spaces and a delimiter character is not provided inside chars argument, the string will be returned as is.

 Example:

string = "ahmedobaid.com"
print (string.strip())

 The output will be:

ahmedobaid.com

 In the following example we will remove the character specified in the chars argument.

 Example:

string = "xxxxxxxlearn python with ahmed obaidxxxxxxxx"
print (string.strip("x"))

 The output will be:

learn python with ahmed obaid

 The strip() function is case sensitive. When we pass a specific character inside the chars argument, the same character with different cases (capital and small) will not be removed.

 Example:

string = "xxxxxXXXXXlearn python with ahmed obaidXXXXXxxxxx"
print (string.strip("x"))

 The output will be:

XXXXXlearn python with ahmed obaidXXXXX

 External sources:

 Built-in functions - official Python documentation

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