Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!lightspeed!lightspeed.eweka.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.007 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'that?': 0.05; 'removes': 0.07; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:extra': 0.09; 'subject:xml': 0.09; 'trailing': 0.09; 'suggest': 0.14; 'carriage': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'strip': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'space': 0.40; 'between': 0.67; 'header:Reply-To:1': 0.67; 'default': 0.69; 'reply- to:addr:gmail.com': 0.80; 'received:myvzw.com': 0.84; 'returns.': 0.84; 'subject:space': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Monte Milanuk Subject: Re: Removing xml element and strip extra space Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:23:31 +0000 (UTC) References: X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 248.sub-70-199-137.myvzw.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Monte Milanuk List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 7 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1406031826 news.xs4all.nl 2973 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33942 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl X-Received-Bytes: 2664 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3420667170 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:74993 On 2014-07-22, varun bhatnagar wrote: > I want to strip the space between ** and ** > Can anyone suggest a way out to do that? Look at str.rstrip() - by default it removes trailing whitespace including carriage returns.