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Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:18:22 +0000
Subject: Re: Odd strip behavior
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
To: Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com>
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On 22 March 2012 20:04, Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mar 22, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try help(ste.strip)
>
> It clearly states "if chars is given and not None, remove characters in
> chars instead.
>
> Does it mean remove only the first occurrence of char? That's the behavior
> I'm seeing.

The key words in the docstring are "leading and trailing"

-- 
Arnaud