[Tutor] Re: How to remove a newline character

[Robert L. Oelschlaeger]

# Try: strip() from the string module:
#
# strip(s)
#Return a copy of s without leading or trailing whitespace.

MyList=['272580\n', '23232432\n']
print MyList

import string
MyList = map(string.strip, MyList)
print MyList

----- Original Message -----
From: "A" <printers@sendme.cz>
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Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 2:31 PM
Subject: How to remove a newline character


> Hi,
> Can you please let me know  if it is possible to replace
> new line characters( '\n') in a list in one step?
>
> I have list like
>
> MyList=['272580\n', '23232432\n']
>
> and I would like to have
> ,MyList=['272580', '23232432']
>
> so I tried
> re.sub('\n','',MyList)
> but I received
> TypeError: expected string or buffer
>
> Your help would be appreciated
> Thanks.
> Ladislav
>
> I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>
> Best Regards,
> Ladislav Blazek( Mr.)
>
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