# Here are the lines of a text file printed out.
John Locke
David Hume
Edmund Burke
>>> #======
>>> #The lines on the files are stored with \n
>>> # Often you don't want to work with the \n
>>> # you may want to get rid of the \n before
>>> #  working with the line in your program
>>> #
>>> # string method
>>> # rstrip - strip from the right
>>> #  strip is the same
>>> "hi".lstrip('h')
'i'
>>> x = "he \t there \t sam \t \t   \n"
>>> x
'he \t there \t sam \t \t   \n'
>>> print(x)
he 	 there 	 sam 	 	   

>>> #'white space' spaces, tabs, and newlines
>>> x.rstrip()
'he \t there \t sam'
>>> x.strip()
'he \t there \t sam'
>>> y = 'hello jjj'
>>> y.strip('j')
'hello '
>>> z = "aaa bbb ccc ddd"
>>> z.strip('d')
'aaa bbb ccc '
>>> z.strip(' d')
'aaa bbb ccc'
>>> z.strip(' dc')
'aaa bbb'