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l = ['Alice', 'Bob', 'Charlie']


    

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print([s.strip('bce') for s in l])


    

    




['Ali', 'Bo', 'Charli']

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print([s[:2] for s in l])


    

    




['Al', 'Bo', 'Ch']

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s = 'Alice\nBob\nCharlie'
print(s)


    

    




Alice
Bob
Charlie

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print(s.replace('li', ''))


    

    




Ace
Bob
Chare

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print(s.strip('bce'))


    

    




Alice
Bob
Charli

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print(s[2:-2])


    

    




ice
Bob
Charl

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l_s = s.splitlines()
print(l_s)


    

    




['Alice', 'Bob', 'Charlie']

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l_s_strip = [line.strip('bce') for line in l_s]
print(l_s_strip)


    

    




['Ali', 'Bo', 'Charli']

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s_line_strip = '\n'.join(l_s_strip)
print(s_line_strip)


    

    




Ali
Bo
Charli

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print('\n'.join([line[:2] for line in s.splitlines()]))


    

    




Al
Bo
Ch

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l_remove = [line for line in s.splitlines() if not line.startswith('B')]
print(l_remove)


    

    




['Alice', 'Charlie']

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s_line_remove = '\n'.join(l_remove)
print(s_line_remove)


    

    




Alice
Charlie

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print('\n'.join([line for line in s.splitlines() if 'li' in line]))


    

    




Alice
Charlie