Issue
Is there a Python function that will trim whitespace (spaces and tabs) from a string?
So that given input " \t example string\t "
becomes "example string"
.
Solution
For whitespace on both sides, use str.strip
:
s = " \t a string example\t "
s = s.strip()
For whitespace on the right side, use str.rstrip
:
s = s.rstrip()
For whitespace on the left side, use str.lstrip
:
s = s.lstrip()
You can provide an argument to strip arbitrary characters to any of these functions, like this:
s = s.strip(' \t\n\r')
This will strip any space, \t
, \n
, or \r
characters from both sides of the string.
The examples above only remove strings from the left-hand and right-hand sides of strings. If you want to also remove characters from the middle of a string, try re.sub
:
import re
print(re.sub('[\s+]', '', s))
That should print out:
astringexample
Answered By - James Thompson Answer Checked By - Mary Flores (PHPFixing Volunteer)
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