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| How do I trim whitespace from a string in Python? | Trim whitespace | question | python |
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organizer | Oftentimes you might need to trim whitespace from a string in Python. Learn of three different way to do this in this short guide. | 2021-12-13T05:00:00-04:00 |
When working with Python strings, a pretty common question is how to trim whitespace from a string. Whitespace characters are the space ( ), tab (\t), newline (\n), and carriage return characters (\r). Here are 3 different methods to trim whitespace from a string in Python.
Remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
Use the str.strip() method to remove whitespace characters from both the beginning and end of a string.
' Hello '.strip() # 'Hello'
Remove leading whitespace characters
Leading whitespace characters are the whitespace characters at the start of a string. To remove them, use the str.lstrip() method.
' Hello '.lstrip() # 'Hello '
Remove trailing whitespace characters
Trailing whitespace characters are the whitespace characters at the end of a string. To remove them, use the str.rstrip() method.
' Hello '.rstrip() # ' Hello'