The `strip()` method returns a copy of a string with leading and trailing characters (such as whitespace and newlines) removed. In web scraping, it is commonly used to clean up text extracted using the Beautiful Soup `get_text()` function.

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Helpful Beautiful Soup Functions

With the find() function, people are able to search for anything on a web page. Below are examples of how to use the find() function:

```Python
title = soup.find(id="productTitle").get_text()
price = soup.find(id="priceblock_ourprice").get_text()
```

find() returns the first instance of your search parameter in the HTML/XML file and returns None if nothing is found.

Beautiful Soup find() Function

The get_text() function is used to extract the text from certain tags specific by a parameter. An example of how to use it is below:
```Python
# Example HTML file
<div>
    <div id="productTitle">Example Title</div>
    <p>
        "This is an example paragraph.
    </p>
</div>
```
```Python
title = soup.find(id="productTitle").get_text()
print(title)

# Output
Example Title
```

Beautiful Soup get_text() Function

The split() functioin splits the string into different parts and then you can use the parts that you desire. It works with a combination of the separator and a string.

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