title: 2 identical strings "not equal" [Python]
body: <p>Found a similar question via search but I'm a new (terrible) programmer and couldn't understand the answer.</p>
  
  <p>I have a .txt file with multiple strings, seperated by a '-'. I used a split to seperate some of the strings into variables, and 2 of them are equal, but in an if statement they come out as not equal.</p>
  
  <pre><code>f_nmr, f_Question, f_1, f_2, f_3, f_answer = file.readline().split('-')
  print(f_2)
  print(f_answer)
  if f_2 == f_answer:
      print("Yes")
  elif f_2 != f_answer:
      print("No")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This produces the following:</p>
  
  <p>Sweden </p>
  
  <p>Sweden </p>
  
  <p>No</p>
  
  <p>There is a space infront and after both "Sweden" strings, and they're both written with an uppercase 'S', yet are not equal? Where have I messed up?</p>