Remove leading and trailing whitespaces in Python
In Python, you can remove leading (at the beginning) and trailing (at the end) whitespaces of a string using the str.strip() method.
Removing leading and trailing whitespaces in Python using 'str.strip()' method
1. Create a variable named str_variable and assign string value " Python is a programming language. " to the variable. The string has whitespaces at the both ends.
2. Apply the strip() method to the string variable str_variable. This method removes leading (at the beginning) and trailing (at the end) whitespaces of the string. Store the result in a new variable called strip_string and get the output using print() function.
Please take a closer look at the following example:
Example of using strip() method
Output of the above example
Python is a programming language.
