How to check if text is "empty" (spaces, tabs, newlines) in Python?

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How can I test if the string is empty in Python?

For example,

"<space><space><space>" is empty, so is

"<space><tab><space><newline><space>", so is

"<newline><newline><newline><tab><newline>", etc.

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