remove white spaces from string python 3 code example

Example 1: python delete white spaces

sentence = ' hello  apple'
sentence.strip()
>>> 'hello  apple'

Example 2: python remove similar string with whitespace from list

def strip_list_noempty(mylist):
    newlist = (item.strip() if hasattr(item, 'strip') else item for item in mylist)
    return [item for item in newlist if item or not hasattr(item, 'strip')]