strings.strip
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.. py:module:: strings.strip


Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   strings.strip.strip


Module Contents
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.. py:function:: strip(user_string: str, characters: str = ' \t\n\r') -> str

   Remove leading and trailing characters (whitespace by default) from a string.

   Args:
       user_string (str): The input string to be stripped.
       characters (str, optional): Optional characters to be removed
               (default is whitespace).

   Returns:
       str: The stripped string.

   Examples:
       >>> strip("   hello   ")
       'hello'
       >>> strip("...world...", ".")
       'world'
       >>> strip("123hello123", "123")
       'hello'
       >>> strip("")
       ''