Re: Problem with the strip string method

Colin J. Williams wrote:
The Library Reference has
strip( [chars])

Return a copy of the string with the leading and trailing characters removed. The chars argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. If omitted or None, the chars argument defaults to removing whitespace. The chars argument is not a prefix or suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped:
>>> ' spacious '.strip()
'spacious'
>>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
'example'

Only the last two examples below behave as expected.

Adjust your expectations. The software is correct.

Is it intended that the full range of characters be handled?

Colin W.

[Dbg]>>> 'ab$%\n\rcd'.strip('%')
'ab$%\n\rcd'
[Dbg]>>> 'ab$%cd'.strip('$')
'ab$%\n\rcd'
[Dbg]>>> 'ab$%cd'.strip('$')
'ab$%cd'
[Dbg]>>> ' ab$%cd '.strip('$')
' ab$%cd '
[Dbg]>>> ' ab$%cd '.strip('%')
' ab$%cd '
[Dbg]>>> ' spacious '.strip()
'spacious'
[Dbg]>>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
'example'

I suspect what you need is the .replace() method.

regards
Steve
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