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

# get inputs

text = input( "Enter text: " )
s = input( 'Enter stripping characters: ' )
# any characters in this string will be stripped from the beginning or the end

print()

# get cleaned up version of the text
output = text.strip( s )

# print the result
print( output )
# this will still only affect leading and trailing characters, use replace() to change interior characters
# replace() is different, it would be looking for the entirety of the string