Hello in this tutorial, we will understand how to use the string strip() method in python programming.
1. Introduction
The string strip() method in python programming removes the leading and trailing characters from the given string based on the argument passed to the method. The method returns a copy of the original string after the operation and is represented by the following syntax –
Method syntax
string.strip([characters])
Where,
charactersparam is optional and it specifies the list of characters to be removed. If this not specified leading and trailing whitespaces are removed from the given string
1.1 How does the method work?
- When the character on the left of the string mismatches with all the characters specified in the optional argument, it stops removing the leading characters
- Similarly when the character on the right of the string mismatches with all the characters specified in the optional argument, it stops removing the trailing characters
1.2 Setting up Python
If someone needs to go through the Python installation on Windows, please watch this link. You can download the Python from this link.
2. Python String strip() Method
I am using JetBrains PyCharm as my preferred IDE. You are free to choose the IDE of your choice. Let us dive in with the programming stuff now.
2.1 Python String strip() Method
Let us understand the different use cases of the string strip() method in python programming.
strip() method
random_string = ' happy birthday , john! '
# removing leading and trailing whitespaces
print(random_string.strip())
random_string1 = '*****python****is**a***high-level_language!*****'
# removing leading and trailing astrix
print(random_string1.strip('*'))
random_string2 = 'www.javacodegeeks.com'
# remove the particular characters
# '.wcom' removes 'www', 'com' and '.'
print(random_string2.strip('.wcom'))
random_string3 = 'https://www.google.com/'
# remove the particular characters
# 'https://' removes 'https' and '/'
print(random_string3.strip('https://'))
If everything goes well the following output will be shown in the IDE console.
Console Output
==== Python String strip() Method ==== happy birthday , john! python****is**a***high-level_language! javacodegeeks www.google.com
That is all for this tutorial and I hope the article served you with whatever you were looking for. Happy Learning and do not forget to share!
3. Summary
In this tutorial, we learned:
- String
strip()method in python programming - Sample program to understand the string
strip()method use cases
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Last updated on Feb. 24th, 2022
