rstrip

[William King]

Just managed to download and install Python on my PC and was
trying a few things to start out learning the language... so I guess
that makes me a NEWBIE....  Anyhow:

#made a string with leading tabs

 x  =  "        Test"

#used rstrip(x) to eliminate leading tabs (whitespace)
import string
string.rstrip(x)

#resulted in

\011\011Test

#lstrip will take away tabs (whitespace) and strip will do same
#but it appears that rstrip does not on Windows 95
#is this a bug? or do I have to do something to redefine whitespace?