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str is a __builtin__ type

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methods

• .strip()
  removes white spaces (including tabs and newlines) from L & R of str

• .splitlines()
  returns a list of lines, split at the line boundaries

• .replace(mystr, with)
  if not using regular expression (aka a direct "string to replace");
  as there is no str.remove() method...

>>> s = 'I want to remove this remove this'
>>> s.replace('remove this', '')
'I want to  '

>>> a = '"The quotes are part of the string"'
>>> b = "I ain't gotta escape that"
>>> c = 'I cain\'t not escape that'
>>> d = "\"The quotes are part of the string\""
>>> d
'"The quotes are part of the string"'
>>> print(d)
"The quotes are part of the string"
>>>