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bytes.strip

bytes — stripping

Strip given bytes (whitespace by default) from both ends.

Syntax

b.strip(...)

The argument is a set of byte values, not a substring: bytes are dropped from each end as long as they belong to that set, which is why b'banana'.strip(b'ba') gives b'nan'. To remove a fixed head or tail, reach for removeprefix()/removesuffix(). Nothing is modified in place — both bytes and bytearray return a new object.

Examples

print(b'  hi  '.strip())   # → b'hi'
print(b'xxhixx'.strip(b'x'))   # → b'hi'
print(b'\t hi \n'.strip())   # → b'hi'
print(b'banana'.strip(b'ba'))   # → b'nan'
print(b'  hi  '.rstrip())   # → b'  hi'
print(b'   '.strip())   # → b''

See also

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