Python comes with a lot of built-in functions. One of the important functions is `strip()`.

For strings in Python, the **`strip()` method** is used to return the copy of the string in which all the characters have been stripped from the beginning and the ending of the string.

# Syntax:
```py
str_name.strip([characters])
```
If the character's argument is not provided, all leading and trailing white spaces are removed from the string.

When a string's character on the left or right doesn't match with the rest of characters in the argument, it stops removing the leading characters.

# Code



 






s=" hihi ice hihi "
print(s.strip())
#All the white space in left and right are removed
print(s.strip(" hie"))
#All the whitespace,h,i,e in the left and right string are removed
print(s.strip("rom"))
#No characters were removed


What is the strip() method for strings in Python?

Removes leading/trailing characters from strings, white spaces by default. Syntax: str_name.strip([characters]).