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As pointed out in answers above

myString.strip() 

will remove all the leading and trailing whitespace characters such as \n, \r, \t, \f, space.

For more flexibility use the following

• Removes only leading whitespace chars: myString.lstrip()
• Removes only trailing whitespace chars: myString.rstrip()
• Removes specific whitespace chars: myString.strip('\n') or myString.lstrip('\n\r') or myString.rstrip('\n\t') and so on.

More details are available in the docs

As pointed out in answers above

my_string.strip() 

will remove all the leading and trailing whitespace characters such as \n, \r, \t, \f, space .

For more flexibility use the following

• Removes only leading whitespace chars: my_string.lstrip()
• Removes only trailing whitespace chars: my_string.rstrip()
• Removes specific whitespace chars: my_string.strip('\n') or my_string.lstrip('\n\r') or my_string.rstrip('\n\t') and so on.

More details are available in the docs.

As pointed out in answers above

 myString.strip() 

will remove all the leading and trailing whitespace characters such as \n, \r, \t, \f, space.

For more flexibility use the following

• Removes only leading whitespace chars: myString.lstrip()
• Removes only trailing whitespace chars: myString.rstrip()
• Removes specific whitespace chars: myString.strip('\n') or myString.lstrip('\n\r') or myString.rstrip('\n\t') and so on.

More details are available in the docs

As pointed out in answers above

myString.strip() 

will remove all the leading and trailing whitespace characters such as \n, \r, \t, \f, space.

For more flexibility use the following

• Removes only leading whitespace chars: myString.lstrip()
• Removes only trailing whitespace chars: myString.rstrip()
• Removes specific whitespace chars: myString.strip('\n') or myString.lstrip('\n\r') or myString.rstrip('\n\t') and so on.

More details are available in the docs

As pointed out in answers above

 myString.strip() 

will remove all the leading and trailing whitespace characters such as \n, \r, \t, \f, space.

For more flexibility use the following

• Removal of only leading whitespace chars: myString.lstrip()
• Removal of only trailing whitespace chars: myString.rstrip()
• Removal of specific whitespace chars: myString.strip('\n') or myString.lstrip('\n\r') or myString.rstrip('\n\t') and so on.

These details are also available at http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/lib/module-string.html

As pointed out in answers above

 myString.strip() 

will remove all the leading and trailing whitespace characters such as \n, \r, \t, \f, space.

For more flexibility use the following

• Removes only leading whitespace chars: myString.lstrip()
• Removes only trailing whitespace chars: myString.rstrip()
• Removes specific whitespace chars: myString.strip('\n') or myString.lstrip('\n\r') or myString.rstrip('\n\t') and so on.

More details are available in the docs