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From: Daniel Steinberg <dstein64@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Odd strip behavior
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:59:25 -0400
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:22049

strip() removes leading and trailing characters, which is why the 't' in 
the middle of the string was not removed. To remove the 't' in the 
middle, str1.replace('t','') is one option.

On 3/22/12 3:48 PM, Rodrick Brown wrote:
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> def main():
>
>      str1='this is a test'
>      str2='t'
>
>      print "".join([ c for c in str1 if c not in str2 ])
>      print(str1.strip(str2))
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
>      main()
>
> ./remove_str.py
> his is a es
> his is a tes
>
> Why wasnt the t removed ?
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