Remove newline characters from a list

Question

I have the below list

list = ['\n                                A\n                            ', '\n                                B\n                            ', '\n                                C\n                            ', '\n                                D\n                            ']

Seems like list is center aligned and this list is the output of bs4 code I run. How can I remove all the newline characters from this list that the final output looks like

list = ['A','B','C','D']

Your original list is invalid syntax. You re-bound a built-in and didn't close `]` — roganjosh, Oct 13 '18 at 20:19
@EugeneYarmash did you try running the first line? I can't even test and it's broken from sight — roganjosh, Oct 13 '18 at 20:32

Eugene Yarmash · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-13T21:00:19.940

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You can use str.strip() to remove leading and trailing whitespace from a string. To apply it to each item in the list you can use a list comprehension:

lst = [item.strip() for item in lst]

or the map() function:

lst = list(map(str.strip, lst))

As a side note, don't name your variable list as it would shadow the built-in function.

edited Oct 13 '18 at 21:00

answered Oct 13 '18 at 20:19

Eugene Yarmash

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Thanks a lot @EugeneYarmash. Amidst confusion imposed by BeautifulSoup, I totally forgot this simple method! – Adam Iqshan Oct 13 '18 at 20:26

Remove newline characters from a list

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