====== String Normalization ======
**General Information**
Normalizing strings prior to manipulations and comparisons.
**Checklist**
* Python 2 or 3
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====== Usage ======
Using the code snippet.
chmod +x string-normalizing.py
./string-normalizing.py
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====== The Code ======
#!/usr/bin/python
# strings for testing
my_string1=" Red Hat Linux "
my_string2=" CentOS"
my_string3="Debian "
my_string4="Ubuntu Linux"
my_string_list = [my_string1, my_string2, my_string3, my_string4]
##-- Various Methods to Normalize Your Strings Prior to Comparison --##
for string in my_string_list:
# Original String
print("Original string: " + string)
# Convert to all lowercase
print("String all lowercase: " + string.lower())
# Convert to all uppercase
print("String all uppercase: " + string.upper())
# Strip all white spaces from the left
print("Left strip white spaces: " + string.lstrip())
# Strip all white paces from the right
print("Right strip white spaces: " + string.rstrip())
# Strip both left and right spaces
print("Strip both left and right white spaces: " + string.strip())
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