[파이썬] 문자열 조작 - strip() 메소드 예시 뜯어보기

 

[예시] 

>>> spam = 'SpamSpamBaconSpamEggsSpamSpam'
>>> spam.strip('ampS')
'BaconSpamEggs'

 

*Source: Automate the Boring Stuff with Python

 

[Breakdown by Perplexity]

 

Let me break this down for you step by step so you can understand the code and the result.

Code Explanation

1. The strip() Method:
2. The Input String:

 

spam = 'SpamSpamBaconSpamEggsSpamSpam'

This is a string containing multiple repetitions of "Spam", with "Bacon" and "Eggs" in between.

1. The Argument to strip():

 

spam.strip('ampS')

Step-by-Step Execution

1. The original string is:

 

'SpamSpamBaconSpamEggsSpamSpam'

1. Starting from the beginning:
2. Now we reach "BaconSpamEggsSpamSpam":
3. Moving to the end of the string:
4. After stripping both ends, we are left with:

 

'BaconSpamEggs'

Final Result

The result of spam.strip('ampS') is:

 

'BaconSpamEggs'

Key Takeaways

1. strip() only removes characters from the start and end of a string, not from the middle.
2. The argument to strip() ('ampS') specifies individual characters to remove, not a specific sequence.
3. Characters are stripped until a character not in the specified set ('ampS') is encountered at either end.