Remove tab from string python
I am trying to remove all spaces/tabs/newlines in python 2.7 on Linux. Show I wrote this, that should do the job:
output:
It seems like a simple thing to do, yet I am missing here something. Should I be importing something?
asked May 22, 2012 at 22:37
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answered May 22, 2012 at 22:42
Ashwini ChaudharyAshwini Chaudhary 236k55 gold badges443 silver badges495 bronze badges 0 If you want to remove multiple whitespace items and replace them with single spaces, the easiest way is with a regexp like this:
You can then remove the trailing space with answered May 22, 2012 at 22:40
MattHMattH 35.9k11 gold badges81 silver badges84 bronze badges Use the re library
Output:
answered Dec 30, 2017 at 16:36
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OUTPUT:
Good day!
Jesuisme 1,6351 gold badge31 silver badges39 bronze badges answered Dec 12, 2017 at 9:49
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answered Dec 31, 2012 at 11:32
Manish MulaniManish Mulani 6,8379 gold badges41 silver badges45 bronze badges 1 The above solutions suggesting the use of regex aren't ideal because this is such a small task and regex requires more resource overhead than the simplicity of the task justifies. Here's what I do:
or if you had a bunch of things to remove such that a single line solution would be gratuitously long:
answered May 1, 2019 at 20:09
rosstripirosstripi 5531 gold badge9 silver badges19 bronze badges How about a one-liner using a list comprehension within join?
answered Sep 30, 2020 at 14:11
sqqqrlysqqqrly 8471 gold badge7 silver badges10 bronze badges Since there is not anything else that was more intricate, I wanted to share this as it helped me out. This is what I originally used:
Undesired Result:
This is what I changed it to:
Desired Result:
The precise regex that @MattH had mentioned, was what worked for me in fitting it into my code. Thanks! Note: This is answered May 15, 2019 at 6:54
JayRizzoJayRizzo 2,7843 gold badges31 silver badges42 bronze badges How do I remove a tab from a string in Python?Python Trim String. strip(): returns a new string after removing any leading and trailing whitespaces including tabs ( \t ).. rstrip(): returns a new string with trailing whitespace removed. ... . lstrip(): returns a new string with leading whitespace removed, or removing whitespaces from the “left” side of the string.. Does Python strip remove tabs?Trim Methods - strip()
In Python, the stripping methods are capable of removing leading and trailing spaces and specific characters. The leading and trailing spaces, include blanks, tabs ( \t ), carriage returns ( \r , \n ) and the other lesser-known whitespace characters that can be found here.
How do you strip a string in Python?Use the . strip() method to remove whitespace and characters from the beginning and the end of a string. Use the . lstrip() method to remove whitespace and characters only from the beginning of a string.
How do you remove trailing spaces from a string in Python?Python String strip() function will remove leading and trailing whitespaces. If you want to remove only leading or trailing spaces, use lstrip() or rstrip() function instead.
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