strip spaces in python

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ok I know that this should be simple... anyways say:

line = "$W5M5A,100527,142500,730301c44892fd1c,2,686.5  4,333.96,0,0,28.6,123,75,-0.4,1.4*49"

I want to strip out the spaces. I thought you would just do this

line = line.strip()

but now line is still '$W5M5A,100527,142500,730301c44892fd1c,2,686.5 4,333.96,0,0,28.6,123,75,-0.4,1.4*49' instead of '$W5M5A,100527,142500,730301c44892fd1c,2,686.54,333.96,0,0,28.6,123,75,-0.4,1.4*49'

any thoughts?

strip only removes spaces from the beginning or the end of the string. Also, how about going back to your old questions and marking good answers as accepted answers? — Matti Virkkunen
– Matti Virkkunen, Commented Jun 1, 2010 at 14:13
I just did, I am new to stackoverflow, thx for reminding me of my duties. — Richard
– Richard, Commented Jun 1, 2010 at 16:56

L̲̳o̲̳̳n̲̳̳g̲̳̳p̲̳o̲̳̳k̲̳̳e̲̳̳ · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-01 14:11:51Z

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line = line.replace(' ', '')

answered Jun 1, 2010 at 14:11

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momo · Accepted Answer · 2010-06-01 15:00:59Z

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another way of doing it

line = ''.join(line.split())

answered Jun 1, 2010 at 15:00

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