str.strip() strange behavior

Question

>>> t1 = "abcd.org.gz"
>>> t1
\'abcd.org.gz\'
>>> t1.strip("g")
\'abcd.org.gz\'
>>> t1.strip("gz")
         


        

Answer 1

The argument given to strip is a set of characters to be removed, not a substring. From the docs:

The chars argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed.