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23 changes: 19 additions & 4 deletions Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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Return a copy of the string with trailing characters removed. The *chars*
argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. If omitted
or ``None``, the *chars* argument defaults to removing whitespace. The *chars*
argument is not a suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped::
argument is not a suffix; rather, all combinations of its values are stripped.
For example:

.. doctest::

>>> ' spacious '.rstrip()
' spacious'
>>> 'mississippi'.rstrip('ipz')
'mississ'

See :meth:`str.removesuffix` for a method that will remove a single suffix
See :meth:`removesuffix` for a method that will remove a single suffix
string rather than all of a set of characters. For example::

>>> 'Monty Python'.rstrip(' Python')
'M'
>>> 'Monty Python'.removesuffix(' Python')
'Monty'

See also :meth:`strip`.


.. method:: str.split(sep=None, maxsplit=-1)

Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* as the delimiter
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The *chars* argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed.
If omitted or ``None``, the *chars* argument defaults to removing whitespace.
The *chars* argument is not a prefix or suffix; rather, all combinations of its
values are stripped::
values are stripped.

For example:

.. doctest::

>>> ' spacious '.strip()
'spacious'
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from the string. Characters are removed from the leading end until
reaching a string character that is not contained in the set of
characters in *chars*. A similar action takes place on the trailing end.
For example::

For example:

.. doctest::

>>> comment_string = '#....... Section 3.2.1 Issue #32 .......'
>>> comment_string.strip('.#! ')
'Section 3.2.1 Issue #32'

See also :meth:`rstrip`.


.. method:: str.swapcase()

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