Remove leading and trailing spaces?

Question

I\'m having a hard time trying to use .strip with the following line of code.

Thanks for the help.

f.write(re.split(\"Tech ID:|Name:|Account #:\",li         


        

Answer 1

Should be noted that strip() method would trim any leading and trailing whitespace characters from the string (if there is no passed-in argument). If you want to trim space character(s), while keeping the others (like newline), this answer might be helpful:

sample = '  some string\n'
sample_modified = sample.strip(' ')

print(sample_modified)  # will print 'some string\n'

strip([chars]): You can pass in optional characters to strip([chars]) method. Python will look for occurrences of these characters and trim the given string accordingly.