Fix Python – How to remove leading and trailing spaces from a string?

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Asked By – fpena06

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

f.write(re.split("Tech ID:|Name:|Account #:",line)[-1])

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You can use the strip() method to remove trailing and leading spaces:

>>> s = '   abd cde   '
>>> s.strip()
'abd cde'

Note: the internal spaces are preserved.

This question is answered By – Anshuma

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