strip() argument should not have duplicate characters

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ID: python-best-practices/invalid-strip-call

Language: Python

Severity: Notice

Category: Best Practices

When using .strip(), you only need to pass the letters you want to split on. There is no need to specify the same letter twice.

"Hello World".strip("Hello")  # letter l is present twice in the string

"Hello World".strip("Helo")  # letter l is present twice in the string

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  - python-best-practices     # Rules to enforce Python best practices.

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