wise.

    Unlike `numpy.less_equal`, this comparison is performed by first
    stripping whitespace characters from the end of the string.  This
    behavior is provided for backward-compatibility with numarray.

    Parameters
    ----------
    x1, x2 : array_like of str or unicode
        Input arrays of the same shape.

    Returns
    -------
    out : ndarray
        Output array of bools.

    See Also
    --------
    equal, not_equal, greater_equal, greater, less
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