Python – How to trim a String?

By mkyong | Updated: October 15, 2019

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In Python trim method is called strip, it removes the leading and trailing spaces of a String.

str.strip()  #trim
str.lstrip() #ltrim
str.rstrip() #rtrim

#!/usr/bin/python
str = "   abc   "

print(str)
print(str.strip())
print(str.lstrip())
print(str.rstrip())

Output

{space} abc {space}
abc
abc {space}
{space} abc

References

• Python docs str.strip()