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Python String isspace

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The Python isspace is one of the built-in String function. This function returns True, if all the characters in a given string are whitespace characters otherwise, it returns False.

In this article we will show you, How to write isspace Function in Python Programming with example.

Python isspace Syntax

The basic syntax of the isspace function is as shown below:

String_Value.isspace()

Before we get into the examples of isspace function, let me show you the whitespace characters

  • ‘ ‘ – An empty space
  • \n – New Line
  • \t – Horizontal Tab
  • \v – Vertical Tab
  • \f – feed
  • \r – Carriage return

Python String isspace Example

In this example, we will show you, how to find or check spaces in a string using this isspace function.

The first string is an empty string but there is no empty space. The second statement has an empty space.

Within the third statement, we used a word with a combination of spaces. As you know, this function returns True, only if all the characters are empty spaces. That’s why you are seeing False.

# Python string isspace Example
 
str1 = ''
print(str1.isspace())
 
str2 = ' '
print(str2.isspace())
 
str3 = '  Python   '
print(str3.isspace())

OUTPUT

Python String isspace 1

Python isspace Example 2

In this example, we are using the isspace function against the New line, horizontal tab etc. These statements will always return True. However, if you use them along with text then the function returns false.

str1 = '\n'
print(str1.isspace())
 
str2 = '\t'
print(str2.isspace())
 
str3 = '\v'
print(str3.isspace())
 
str4 = '\f'
print(str4.isspace())
 
str5 = '\r'
print(str5.isspace())
 
str6 = '\n \t \v'
print(str6.isspace())

OUTPUT

Python isspace 2

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