''' Purpose: demonstrate strip() function capabilities
'''

# get inputs

text = input( 'Enter text: ' )
s = input( 'Enter stripping characters: ' )

print()

# get cleaned up version of the text
# if given an argument for strip(), that's a string, removes all of the characters in the string s that are
# at the start or end of string text
# if no arguments are given in strip(), then strip all whitespaces at the beginning or end by default
output = text.strip( s )

# print the result
print( output )