python - Remove leading and trailing spaces?

Question

I'm having a hard time trying to use .strip with the following line of code.

Thanks for the help.

f.write(re.split("Tech ID:|Name:|Account #:",line)[-1])

Answer 1

You can use the strip() to remove trailing and leading spaces.

>>> s = '   abd cde   '
>>> s.strip()
'abd cde'

Note: the internal spaces are preserved