Removing '\n' from list item

Question

I have a list and the last list item has a \n which I don't want.

print(list)
[somebody,please,help\n]   #what I have


print(list)
[somebody,please,help]      #desired list

I'm not sure what programming language is this? – Preet Sangha Jan 18 '13 at 05:03 — Preet Sangha, Jan 18 '13 at 05:03
sorry it's python 3.2 i'm an idiot – Alex Mollberg Jan 18 '13 at 05:05 — Alex Mollberg, Jan 18 '13 at 05:05

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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I think your problem is like this.

As an answer :

list[-1] = list[-1].rstrip('\n')

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Jan 18 '13 at 05:22

dyng

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 18 '13 at 06:08

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You can use the strip function to remove any white space characters from the ends of the string for example:

str = str.strip()

So before printing, strip the string. Perhaps you can save the stripped strings in a new list.

answered Jan 18 '13 at 06:08

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Also check out the accepted answer [here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1185524/how-to-trim-whitespace-including-tabs) – blaffie Jan 18 '13 at 06:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 18 '13 at 06:34

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str.strip() will remove the white space chars from the ends of the string. Don't forget that strip() returns a new string which needs to be assigned... You probably want.

for element in list:
    element = element.strip()

answered Jan 18 '13 at 06:34

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Removing '\n' from list item

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