Removing \r\n from a Python list after importing with readlines

Question

I have saved a list of ticker symbols into a text file as follows:

MMM
ABT
ABBV
ANF
....

Then I use readlines to put the symbols into a Pyt

Answer 1

You could replace \r\n with the empty string in a replace command.

stocks = [x.replace("\r\n","") for x in stocks]