Python string | strip()

Python String strip() is an inbuilt function in the Python programming language that returns a copy of the string with both leading and trailing characters removed (based on the string argument passed). 

Example:

Output:

Hello, world!

Python strip() Syntax

Syntax: 

string.strip([chars])

Parameter: 

There is only one optional parameter in it. chars – a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. If the optional chars parameter is not given, all leading and trailing whitespaces are removed from the string.

Return Value:

Returns a copy of the string with both leading and trailing characters removed.

Purpose of the Python Strip() Function

When a developer wishes to remove characters or whitespaces from the beginning or end of a string, the Strip() function in Python comes in handy. Let’s take a closer look at it: 

• The strip() function assists in removing characters from the beginning or end of a string for characters supplied as arguments to the strip() function ().
• If the string has no whitespaces and the characters argument is not supplied, the string is returned as is.
• It is also beneficial to eliminate whitespaces from the beginning and end of the text.
• If the string contains whitespaces and no character arguments are supplied, the string will be returned after discretizing the whitespaces.

String strip() in Python Example

Simple Demonstration of Python Strip() function

In this example, we have used a string and we have applied the strip() function with a string and without a string.

Output: 

    geeks for geeks     
geeks for geeks
for

Remove Character from a string in Python

In this example, we have used the strip() function to remove a specific set of characters from a string.

Output: 

geeks for geeks
 for

Remove Spaces from a String In Python

In this example, we have used the strip() function to remove the whitespaces from both ends of a string.

Input: 

    geeks for geeks     

Output: 

geeks for geeks

Remove NewLine from String in Python

In this example, we are using the strip() function to remove the newline characters from a string.

Output :

Hello, World!

Practical Application

 Given a string remove the occurrence of the word “the” from the beginning and the end.  

Input: 

the King has the largest army in the entire world the

Output: 

King has the largest army in the entire world