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Strings & text easy

How to Process Lines of Text in Python

Strip whitespace, split a multi-line string, count words per line, and print structured summaries using basic string methods and loops.

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text = """   Python is great!
Coding is fun.
   Python skills help you grow.   """

lines = text.strip().splitlines()
line_count = len(lines)

processed = []
for line in lines:
    stripped = line.strip()
    word_count = len(stripped.split())
    processed.append({
        "original": line,
        "stripped": stripp…
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Strings & text easy

How to Split Lines and Strip Blank Lines in Python

Split a multiline string into non-empty lines and strip surrounding whitespace using a list comprehension.

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import sys

def split_and_strip(text):
    """Split text into non-blank lines, stripping whitespace."""
    return [line.strip() for line in text.splitlines() if line.strip()]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    sample_text = """  First line   
    
    Second line	
      
    Third line  """
    result = split_and_strip(…
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