absolute removal of '\n' and the like

[S Borg]

Hello,

 If I have a string, what is the strongest way to assure the
removal of any line break characters?

Line break characters must always be the last character in a line, so
would
this:    str = linestring[:-1]

 work?

This is my first real 'learning python' project, and I don't want to
get in the habit
of doing things the 'Java way'. Your comments and suggestions are very
much
appreciated.

thanks,

S