What is the purpose of .read() .strip() .split()

Answer 1

read() reads bytes from a file object
strip() removes white spaces from the end and beginning equal to trim() method in some languages
split() returns a list of words splitted by the given parameter.

Answer 2

If you make know we which language you are talking about ...

Answer 3

https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html

.read() isnt a string method

Answer 4

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