Convert list of ticker symbols into list in Python
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I need to convert a list of ticker symbols:
T
GOOG
KO
PEP
as examples in a a text file to a python list: ['T','GOOG','KO',PEP']. However, the current code I'm using keeps adding a space after each symbol yielding: ['T ','GOOG ','KO ',PEP '] instead. How can I get the tickers without spaces?

    stocks = open('C:\Model\Stocks\official.txt', 'r').read()
    print stocks.split('\n')