remove spaces in every where in the string python

Question

I have below string

 a = " Get a Pen"

Code:

 if a.lower().strip() == "get a pen"
     print "removed white spaces"

need help to achieve remove all spaces in the string

 if a.lower.().strip() =="getapen" # which is the easiest way remove all spaces
      print "remove all spaces in the string"

@ChristianDean which one of `replace()` or `join()` is more optimised? I know that `join()` runs in linear time, but what about `replace()`? — Sam Chats, Jul 08 '17 at 13:36
@SamChats It also would work in linear time. But for simple cases such as this, `replace()` would probably be better. — Christian Dean, Jul 08 '17 at 13:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '17 at 13:34

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As @ChristianDean pointed out, do

if a.lower().replace(' ', '') == 'getapen':
    print "remove all spaces in the string"

answered Jul 08 '17 at 13:34

Sam Chats