import re
#first argument - string to be stripped
#second argument - char or default " "
def customStrip(string: str, stripChar: str="\s")->str:
'''
Removes specified character from the beginning and end of a given string
arguments:
string: str
stripChar: str
returns:
string
'''
if stripChar == "" or stripChar == " ":
stripChar = "\s"
patternString = r"({}+)".format(stripChar)
actions = ("^" + patternString,patternString + "$")
for p in actions:
pattern = re.compile(p)
string = pattern.sub("",string)
return string
texts = [" aa dfgfhjgs, afktgrg aaa ","aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajfdgf fdfgjkerturt aaaaa"]
for text in texts:
st = customStrip(text, "a")
print("The text \n{}\n has {}characters.\nAfter strip \n{} \n====\n it now has {}".format(text,len(text),st,len(st)))
print("-------------------------------------------")
