# String.strip function has weird result

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/string-strip-function-has-weird-result/3255>\
**Category:** Python Help\
**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/string-strip-function-has-weird-result/3255 "2020-02-14T23:24:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/string-strip-function-has-weird-result/3255/2 "2020-02-14T23:43:52Z")

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This is the expected behavior. Strip will strip out of the string all the characters that you provide. You provided `.`, `g`, `i`, and `t`. All those characters got stripped out in both examples.

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