Python String rstrip() Method

Strips characters from the right end of a string

Usage

The strip() method removes whitespace from the right end (trailing) of the string by default.

By adding chars parameter, you can also specify the characters you want to strip.

string.rstrip(chars)

Python string rstrip() method parameters
Parameter	Condition	Description
chars	optional	A list of characters to be removed from the string

The method return a copy of the string with the specified characters removed from the right end of a string.

By default, the method removes trailing whitespace.

S = '   Hello, World!   '
x = S.rstrip()
print(x)

# Prints    Hello, World!

Newline '\n', tab '\t' and carriage return '\r' are also considered as whitespace characters.

S = '    Hello, World! \t\n\r '
x = S.rstrip()
print(x)

# Prints     Hello, World!

By adding chars parameter, you can also specify the character you want to strip.

# Strip single character 'a'
S = 'baaaaa'
x = S.rstrip('a')
print(x)

# Prints b

The chars parameter is not a suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped.

In below example, strip() would strip all the characters provided in the argument i.e. ‘w’, ‘o’ and ‘/’

S = 'example.com/wow'
x = S.rstrip('wo/')
print(x)

# Prints example.com

Characters are removed from the trailing end until reaching a string character that is not contained in the set of characters in chars.

S = 'xxxxSxxxxSxxxx'
x = S.rstrip('x')
print(x)

# Prints xxxxSxxxxS

Here is another example:

S = 'Version 3.2 Model-32 - ...'
x = S.rstrip('.- ')
print(x)

# Prints Version 3.2 Model-32