String Strip / Trim in Python

In Python, you can remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string using strip():

s.strip()   # removes leading and trailing whitespace
s.lstrip()  # removes only leading (left) whitespace
s.rstrip()  # removes only trailing (right) whitespace

Here are some examples:

s = "  hello  "
print(s.strip())   # "hello"
print(s.lstrip())  # "hello  "
print(s.rstrip())  # "  hello"

strip() returns a new string — the original is not modified.