Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment: the argument to string.strip (also lstrip and rstrip) is not an exact substring to remove, but a set of characters to remove:
py> 'zyxzz1234'.strip('xyz') '1234' ---------- nosy: +steven.daprano resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33362> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com