import re


def strip(text):
    """ python's str.strip() method implemented using regex
    Args:
        text (str): text to strip of white space
    Returns:
        textStripped (str): text stripped of white space
    """
    stripStartRegex = re.compile(r'(^\s*)')
    stripEndRegex = re.compile(r'(\s*$)')

    textStartStripped = stripStartRegex.sub('', text)
    textStripped = stripEndRegex.sub('', textStartStripped)

    return textStripped