Remove whitespace in Python using string.whitespace

Question

Python\'s string.whitespace is great:

>>> string.whitespace
\'\\t\\n\\x0b\\x0c\\r \'

How do I use this with a string without resor

Answer 1

There is a special-case shortcut for exactly this use case!

If you call str.split without an argument, it splits on runs of whitespace instead of single characters. So:

>>> ' '.join("Please \n don't \t hurt \x0b me.".split())
"Please don't hurt me."