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Removing Surrounding Whitespace
When handling user input, strings often contain extra spaces. The .strip() method removes all leading and trailing whitespace, making the data easier to process and compare.
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user_input = " python code "clean_input = user_input.strip()print(clean_input)
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clean_input = user_input.strip()
Calls the strip method to remove spaces from both ends of the string.