Removing Spaces from Strings in Python 3.x

Question

I need to transform the string:

"There are 6 spaces in this string."

to:

"Thereare6spacesinthisstring."

wkl · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-03 02:25:58Z

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You can use replace

string = "There are 6 spaces in this string"
string = string.replace(' ', '')

answered Nov 3, 2010 at 2:25

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Wayne Werner Over a year ago

LJ3: It's also considered A Good Thing to accept answers by clicking the check mark to the left of the answer, as well as up-vote answers you find useful

Jochen Ritzel · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-03 02:25:16Z

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new = "There are 6 spaces in this old_string.".replace(' ', '')

If you want to strip all whitespace, including tabs:

new = ''.join( old_string.split() )

answered Nov 3, 2010 at 2:25

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Rohan Monga Over a year ago

wouldn't re.subn be better to handle whitespaces? or are the two equivalent?

Einar Petersen Over a year ago

Thanks had tried the replace version above with no luck, the join split solution is elegant and works like a charm... btw Python 3.2.3

Vincent Savard · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-03 02:25:07Z

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You can use replace() :

print(string.replace(" ", ""))

You can also delete white characters at the end / beginning (or both!) with rstrip, lstrip or strip.

answered Nov 3, 2010 at 2:25

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