# File: strstrip.py
# Changes case of characters in a string
#
# Matt Bishop, ECS 10, Spring 2014
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instr = input("Enter a string: ")
# put quotes around the string to show its boundaries when it is printed
prstr = '"' + instr + '"'

#
# now strip the white space
#
transstr = '"' + instr.lstrip() + '"'
print("Deleting the leading white space from", prstr, "gives", transstr)
transstr = '"' + instr.rstrip() + '"'
print("Deleting the trailing white space from", prstr, "gives", transstr)
transstr = '"' + instr.strip() + '"'
print("Deleting the leading and trailing white space from", prstr, "gives", transstr)