To remove spaces from a string in Python, use the str.replace() method.

This method takes two arguments:

For example:

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This is the quick answer.

In this guide, we take a look at other common situations related to removing spaces from a string.

In Python, a string is an immutable type. This means it cannot be directly modified. This means any method that manipulates strings actually creates a new string.

In Python, there are many ways you can replace blank spaces:

Let’s go through each of these options and when you should use them.

The str.strip() method removes the leading and trailing whitespace from a string.

For instance:

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To wipe out all the white spaces from a string, you can use the str.replace() method.

This method takes two mandatory arguments:

In other words, to remove the white spaces, replace each white space with an empty string.

For instance:

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To get rid of tabs, newlines, or any other duplicate whitespaces use str.join() method with str.split().

This works such that:

For example, let’s remove the duplicate white spaces but leave single white spaces:

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To get rid of all the white spaces, tabs, and newlines, you can use the str.translate() method with str.maketrans() method.

The str.translate() method replaces strings according to a translation table created by str.maketrans() method. In short, the str.maketrans() method works such that it takes three arguments:

For instance:

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RegEx or Regular Expression is like a Ctrl+F on steroids.

You can use it to match patterns in a string. You can for example use regex to find phone numbers or email addresses from a text document.

I am not going to go into more detail about regex, but here is a great article you can check.

To use Regular Expressions in Python to remove white spaces from a string:

For example:

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