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title: String Strip Method
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## String Strip Method
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There are three options for stripping characters from a string in Python, `lstrip()`, `rstrip()` and `strip()`.
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Each will return a copy of the string with characters removed, at from the beginning, the end or both beginning and end. If no arguments are given the default is to strip whitespace characters.
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Example:
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```py
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>>> string = ' Hello, World! '
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>>> strip_beginning = string.lstrip()
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>>> strip_beginning
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'Hello, World! '
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>>> strip_end = string.rstrip()
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>>> strip_end
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' Hello, World!'
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>>> strip_both = string.strip()
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>>> strip_both
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'Hello, World!'
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```
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An optional argument can be provided as a string containing all characters you wish to strip.
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```py
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>>> url = 'www.example.com/'
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>>> url.strip('w./')
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'example.com'
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```
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However, do notice that only the first `.` got stripped from the string. This is because the `strip` function only strips the argument characters that lie at the left or rightmost. Since w comes before the first `.` they get stripped together, whereas 'com' is present in the right end before the `.` after stripping `/`
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#### More Information:
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String methods <a href='https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#string-methods' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>documentation</a>.
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