what does the strip function do in python code example

Example 1: python strip characters

# Python3 program to demonstrate the use of 
# strip() method   
  
string = " python strip method test " 
  
# prints the string without stripping 
print(string)  
  
# prints the string by removing leading and trailing whitespaces 
print(string.strip())    
  
# prints the string by removing strip 
print(string.strip(' strip')) 
Output:
 python strip method test 
python strip method test
python method test

Example 2: strip in python

txt = "     banana     "
x = txt.strip()
#x will be "banana"

Example 3: python strip

txt = "  test    "

txt.strip()
#Output: "test"

txt.lstrip()
#Output: "test    "

txt.rstrip()
#Output: "  test"

Example 4: python strip

# removes outside whitespace/characters
'  hey  '.strip()     # "hey"
'  hey  '.lstrip()    # "hey  "
'  hey  '.rstrip()    # "  hey"
'_.hey__'.strip('._') # "hey"

Example 5: strip()

txt = ",,,,,rrttgg.....banana....rrr"
x = txt.strip(",.grt")
#outputs banana
print(x)

Example 6: python strip()

a = "  smurf   "

a = a.strip()
#remove space at begining and end of string
print(a)
#smurf