How can I remove a trailing newline?

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RidingThisToTheTop picture RidingThisToTheTop · Nov 8, 2008 · Viewed 2M times · Source

What is the Python equivalent of Perl's chomp function, which removes the last character of a string if it is a newline?

Answer

Rich Bradshaw picture Rich Bradshaw · Nov 8, 2008

Try the method rstrip() (see doc Python 2 and Python 3)

>>> 'test string\n'.rstrip()
'test string'

Python's rstrip() method strips all kinds of trailing whitespace by default, not just one newline as Perl does with chomp.

>>> 'test string \n \r\n\n\r \n\n'.rstrip()
'test string'

To strip only newlines:

>>> 'test string \n \r\n\n\r \n\n'.rstrip('\n')
'test string \n \r\n\n\r '

There are also the methods strip(), lstrip() and strip():

>>> s = "   \n\r\n  \n  abc   def \n\r\n  \n  "
>>> s.strip()
'abc   def'
>>> s.lstrip()
'abc   def \n\r\n  \n  '
>>> s.rstrip()
'   \n\r\n  \n  abc   def'

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