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+====== String Normalization ======
+**General Information**
+Normalizing strings prior to manipulations and comparisons.
+**Checklist**
+  * Python 2 or 3
+----
+====== Usage ======
+Using the code snippet.
+<code bash>
+chmod +x string-normalizing.py
+./string-normalizing.py
+</code>
+----
+====== The Code ======
+<code python string-normalizing.py>
+#!/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())
+</code>
+----