# Strings

> Markdown source of <https://docs.calebsargeant.com/programming/python/other/strings/>.

## Remove Whitespace

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8270092/remove-all-whitespace-in-a-string>

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1185524/how-do-i-trim-whitespace>

Notice where the spaces are being removed. `lstrip` removes space from right-hand-side (leading), `rstrip` removes space from left-hand-side (trailing), and `strip` from both sides (not the middle).

``` python
>>> sentence = ' howzit  ma  bru '
>>> sentence.strip()
'howzit  ma  bru'
>>> sentence.lstrip()
'howzit  ma  bru '
>>> sentence.rstrip()
' howzit  ma  bru'
```

## Converting to String

<https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3204614/how-to-change-any-data-type-into-a-string-in-python>

``` python
str(var)
```