Have: list1 = ['\r\n Item 1 ',' Item 2 ','\r\n '] Want: list1 = ['Item 1','Item 2']
I wrote this, which works fine, but maybe it can be tidier? 1. list2 = [t.replace("\r\n", "") for t in list1] #remove \r\n 2. list3 = [t.strip(' ') for t in list2] #trim whitespace 3. list1 = filter(None, list3) #remove empty items After each step: 1. list2 = [' Item 1 ',' Item 2 ',' '] #remove \r\n 2. list3 = ['Item 1','Item 2',''] #trim whitespace 3. list1 = ['Item 1','Item 2'] #remove empty items Thanks! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list