[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #24204: Elaborate of the str.strip() documentation.

[raymond.hettinger]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/367e3923532f
changeset:   96244:367e3923532f
user:        Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
date:        Sat May 23 09:11:55 2015 -0700
summary:
  Issue #24204:  Elaborate of the str.strip() documentation.

files:
  Doc/library/stdtypes.rst |  10 ++++++++++
  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1937,6 +1937,16 @@
       >>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')
       'example'
 
+   The outermost leading and trailing *chars* argument values are stripped
+   from the string. Characters are removed from the leading end until
+   reaching a string character that is not contained in the set of
+   characters in *chars*. A similar action takes place on the trailing end.
+   For example::
+
+      >>> comment_string = '#....... Section 3.2.1 Issue #32 .......'
+      >>> comment_string.strip('.#! ')
+      'Section 3.2.1 Issue #32'
+
 
 .. method:: str.swapcase()
 

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