Python String rstrip() Method

Description

Python string method rstrip() returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the end of the string (default whitespace characters).

Syntax

Following is the syntax for rstrip() method −

str.rstrip([chars])

Parameters

• chars − You can supply what chars have to be trimmed.

Return Value

This method returns a copy of the string in which all chars have been stripped from the end of the string (default whitespace characters).

Example

The following example shows the usage of rstrip() method.

#!/usr/bin/python

str = "     this is string example....wow!!!     ";
print str.rstrip()
str = "88888888this is string example....wow!!!8888888";
print str.rstrip('8')

When we run above program, it produces following result −

     this is string example....wow!!!
88888888this is string example....wow!!!