[Tutor] how to strip whitespaces from a string.

[kumar s]

Dear group, 
 I have been practising python for some time now and
string method 'strip' always remains an alien to me.
whenever i try to use it, i never got what i want and
now it still remainins an enigma. 

s = " I am learning python"

how can i remove white spaces from 's'. 

f = s.strip('\w') - wrong


can any one help me understanding strip method. 

Thank you. 

Kumar

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