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The strip method returns a string where whitespace on the left and right (but not internally) has been stripped (removed)

print ' internal whitespace is kept '.strip()  names = ['gumby', 'smith', 'jones'] name = 'gumby ' if name in names: print 'Found it!' if name.strip() in names: print 'Found it!'