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strip(), strip(), lstrip()

The function strip() removes leading and trailing white space. 

In [7]: "\nabc\n".strip()
Out[7]: 'abc'

In [8]: "\nabc\n".lstrip()
Out[8]: 'abc\n'

In [9]: "\nabc\n".rstrip()
Out[9]: '\nabc'