""" Purpose: demonstrate string method strip()
"""

# Get text
reply = input( "Enter text: " )

# Get a cleaned version of the text
s = reply.strip() # remove all leading and trailing whitespace
# strip() will NOT remove interior spaces, only leading and trailing
# if you're looking to get a number from input(), it never hurts to strip() first before casting

# Show differences in the strings
print()
print( "string of interest:", reply, ":" )
print( "  stripped version:", s, ":" )