String Transformation

Python provides methods to modify strings. Remember: strings are immutable, so these methods return new strings rather than modifying the original. strip(), lstrip(), rstrip() The stripped string is "hello world" with length 11. The original had length 17 including the spaces. You can specify which characters to strip: This removes dollar signs from both ends, giving "99.99". The replace() Method You can limit the number of replacements: This replaces only the first 2 occurrences, giving "1 two 1 two one". Removing Characters To remove characters, replace them with an empty string: