strip() / lstrip() / rstrip()
method
Remove leading and trailing whitespace (or specified characters) from a string.
Syntax
str.strip(chars=None)
Example
python
' hello '.strip() # 'hello'
' hello '.lstrip() # 'hello '
' hello '.rstrip() # ' hello'
'***hello***'.strip('*') # 'hello'
# Clean user input
email = input('Email: ').strip().lower()