Removing leading and trailing whitespace using str.strip() in Pandas
Pandas: Data Cleaning and Preprocessing Exercise-10 with Solution
Write a Pandas program to remove leading and trailing whitespace using str.strip().
This exercise shows how to clean text data by removing leading and trailing whitespace using str.strip().
Sample Solution :
Code :
import pandas as pd
# Create a sample DataFrame with extra whitespace
df = pd.DataFrame({
'Name': [' Artair ', ' Pompiliu ', ' Gerry ']
})
# Remove leading and trailing whitespace
df['Name_Cleaned'] = df['Name'].str.strip()
# Output the result
print(df)
Output:
Name Name_Cleaned 0 Artair Artair 1 Pompiliu Pompiliu 2 Gerry Gerry
Explanation:
- Created a DataFrame with text data containing leading and trailing whitespace.
- Used str.strip() to remove the extra spaces around the 'Name' column values.
- Added a new column 'Name_Cleaned' with the cleaned text.
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