Colin J. Williams wrote:
> The Library Reference has
> strip( [chars])
>
> Return a copy of the string with the
> leading and trailing characters removed.
> The chars argument is a string
> specifying the set of characters to be
> removed. If omitted or None, the chars
> argument defaults to removing
> whitespace. The chars argument is not a
> prefix or suffix; rather, all
> combinations of its values are stripped:
> >>> ' spacious '.strip()
> 'spacious'
> >>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
> 'example'
>
> Only the last two examples below behave
> as expected.
>
Adjust your expectations. The software is correct.
> Is it intended that the full range of
> characters be handled?
>
> Colin W.
>
> [Dbg]>>> 'ab$%\n\rcd'.strip('%')
> 'ab$%\n\rcd'
> [Dbg]>>> 'ab$%cd'.strip('$')
> 'ab$%\n\rcd'
> [Dbg]>>> 'ab$%cd'.strip('$')
> 'ab$%cd'
> [Dbg]>>> ' ab$%cd '.strip('$')
> ' ab$%cd '
> [Dbg]>>> ' ab$%cd '.strip('%')
> ' ab$%cd '
> [Dbg]>>> ' spacious '.strip()
> 'spacious'
> [Dbg]>>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
> 'example'
I suspect what you need is the .replace() method.
regards
Steve
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