isspace() String Method in Python with Examples

isspace() method returns True if the string is a white space string otherwise it returns False.

A string is whitespace if all characters in the string are whitespace and there is at least one character in the string.

Example 1: isspace() String Method

message = '   '

if message.isspace():
    print('"%s" is white space string.' %(message))
else:
    print('"%s" is not white space string.' %(message))

Output

"   " is white space string.

Example 2: isspace() String Method

message = '  a  '

if message.isspace():
    print('"%s" is white space string.' %(message))
else:
    print('"%s" is not white space string.' %(message))

Output

"  a  " is not white space string.

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