numpy.core.defchararray.strip¶
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numpy.core.defchararray.
strip
(a, chars=None)[source]¶ For each element in a, return a copy with the leading and trailing characters removed.
Calls str.strip element-wise.
Parameters: a : array-like of str or unicode
chars : str or unicode, optional
The chars argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. If omitted or None, the chars argument defaults to removing whitespace. The chars argument is not a prefix or suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped.
Returns: out : ndarray
Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type
See also
Examples
>>> c = np.array(['aAaAaA', ' aA ', 'abBABba']) >>> c array(['aAaAaA', ' aA ', 'abBABba'], dtype='|S7') >>> np.char.strip(c) array(['aAaAaA', 'aA', 'abBABba'], dtype='|S7') >>> np.char.strip(c, 'a') # 'a' unstripped from c[1] because whitespace leads array(['AaAaA', ' aA ', 'bBABb'], dtype='|S7') >>> np.char.strip(c, 'A') # 'A' unstripped from c[1] because (unprinted) ws trails array(['aAaAa', ' aA ', 'abBABba'], dtype='|S7')