Removing the first character from a string in Python
Learn, how to remove the first character from a string in Python.
We can remove the first character of a string by using the slice notation [ ]
with 1:
as an argument.
Here is an example, that removes the first character H
from the given string.
str = "How are you"
print(str[1:])
Output:
"ow are you"
Similarly, we can also use the lstrip()
method by passing the first character as an argument to it.
str = "How are you"
print(str.lstrip("H")); # "ow are you"
Another example:
name = "oprah"
print(name.lstrip("o")) # "prah"