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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. def regexstrip(string, _strip=None):
  4.     _strip = r"\A[\s{0}]+|[\s{0}]+\Z".format(re.escape(_strip)) if _strip else r"\A\s+|\s+\Z"
  5.     print(_strip) #just for troubleshooting 
  6.     return re.sub(_strip, '', string)
  7.  
  8. print(regexstrip(" ([no more stripping']  )  ", " ()[]'"))
  9. print(regexstrip(" ([no more stripping']  )  "))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 9936KB
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\A[\s\ \(\)\[\]\']+|[\s\ \(\)\[\]\']+\Z
no more stripping
\A\s+|\s+\Z
([no more stripping']  )
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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