Strip Methods
Python strings have the strip(), lstrip(), rstrip() methods for removing any character from both ends of a string. If the characters to be removed are not specified then white-space will be removed
strip() #removes from both ends
lstrip() #removes leading characters (Left-strip)
rstrip() #removes trailing characters (Right-strip)
Examples
spacious = " xyz "
print spacious.strip()
spacious = " xyz "
print spacious.lstrip()
spacious = "xyz "
print spacious.rstrip()More Reading
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