gistfile1.txt

# example non-working attempts to iterate through numpy array and
# strip all the string values

import numpy as np

a = np.array([(u'   GNCU ATM', u'CK16   ', u'3a', 1),
              (u'EMPLOYMENT SECURITY   ', u'   CI16', u'3b', 2)],
             dtype=[('name', '<U254'), ('map', '<U255'),
                    ('grid', '<U255'), ('OBJECTID', '<i4')])

print 'original: {}\n'.format(a)

# # attempt 1
np.char.strip(a)

# attempt 2
for x in np.nditer(a, op_flags=['readwrite']):
    for y in np.nditer(x, op_flags=['readwrite']):
        y[...] = y.tostring().strip()
    x[...] = x

print 'output: {}'.format(a)