Python String isspace() With Examples [Latest]

Python String isspace()

Some of the common whitespace characters are t, n, r and obviously whitespace itself.

Let’s look at some examples of isspace() function.

s="   "
print(s.isspace())
s="tnrt "
print(s.isspace())
s="u0009tu200a u3000"
print(s.isspace())

Output:

True
True
True

Printing all whitespace characters Unicode Data

We can use unicodedata module to print all the Unicode character codepoints that are treated as whitespace.

import unicodedata
count = 0
for codepoint in range(2 ** 16):
    ch = chr(codepoint)
    if ch.isspace():
        print(u'{:04x}: ({})'.format(codepoint, unicodedata.name(ch, 'UNNAMED')))
        count = count + 1
print(f'Total Number of Space Unicode Characters = {count}')

Output:

0009: (UNNAMED)
000a: (UNNAMED)
000b: (UNNAMED)
000c: (UNNAMED)
000d: (UNNAMED)
001c: (UNNAMED)
001d: (UNNAMED)
001e: (UNNAMED)
001f: (UNNAMED)
0020: (SPACE)
0085: (UNNAMED)
00a0: (NO-BREAK SPACE)
1680: (OGHAM SPACE MARK)
2000: (EN QUAD)
2001: (EM QUAD)
2002: (EN SPACE)
2003: (EM SPACE)
2004: (THREE-PER-EM SPACE)
2005: (FOUR-PER-EM SPACE)
2006: (SIX-PER-EM SPACE)
2007: (FIGURE SPACE)
2008: (PUNCTUATION SPACE)
2009: (THIN SPACE)
200a: (HAIR SPACE)
2028: (LINE SEPARATOR)
2029: (PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR)
202f: (NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE)
205f: (MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE)
3000: (IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE)
Total Number of Space Unicode Characters = 29

Did you know there are so many whitespace characters? I certainly did not. 🙂

Reference: Official Documentation