Editing a string

[emile at fenx.com]

import string
pr = string.strip(pr[:-1])

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Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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> file=open('gs.txt','r')
> pr=''
> while 1:
> 	line = file.readline()
>  	if not line:
>  		break
>  	pr=pr+line
> file.close()
> print [pr]
> 
> output:
> ['attgctagcytr   \012']
> 
> How can I delete the space and \012 without editing the file. Is there
> a built-in function?
> 
> thanks
> k
> 
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