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numpy.core.defchararray.strip(arr, chars=None) is another function for doing string operations in numpy. It returns a copy with the leading and trailing characters removed for each element in arr.
Parameters: arr : array_like of str or unicode. char : [str or unicode, optional] the set of characters to be removed. If omitted or None, it removes whitespace. The chars argument is not a prefix or suffix; it is all combinations of its values which we want to strip. Returns : [ndarray] Output array of str or unicode, depending on input type.
Code #1 : Python3
# Python program explaining
# numpy.char.strip() method 

import numpy as geek

# input arrays  
in_arr = geek.array(['Sun', '  Moon  ', 'Star'])
print ("Input array : ", in_arr) 

out_arr = geek.char.strip(in_arr)

# whitespace removed from arr[1] 
# as we have set chars = None
print ("Output array: ", out_arr) 
Output:
Input array :  ['Sun' ' Moon ' 'Star']
Output array:  ['Sun' 'Moon' 'Star']
  Code #2 : Python3
# Python program explaining
# numpy.char.strip() method 

import numpy as geek

# input arrays  
in_arr = geek.array(['Sun', '  Moon  ', 'Star'])
print ("Input array : ", in_arr) 

out_arr = geek.char.strip(in_arr, chars ='Sun')

# 'Sun' removed from arr[0] as we have set chars = Sun
print ("Output array: ", out_arr) 
Output:
Input array :  ['Sun' ' Moon ' 'Star']
Output array:  ['' ' Moon ' 'tar']
  Code #3 : Python3
# Python program explaining
# numpy.char.strip() method 

import numpy as geek

# input arrays 
in_arr = geek.array([ 'Geeks', 'For', 'Geeks'] )
print ("Input array : ", in_arr) 

out_arr = geek.char.strip(in_arr, chars ='G')

#'G' removed from arr[0] and arr[2]
# as we have set chars ='G'
print ("Output array: ", out_arr) 
Output:
Input array :  ['Geeks' 'For' 'Geeks']
Output array:  ['eeks' 'For' 'eeks']

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