Python - Removing first x characters
 

Is there any easy way to remove the first x characters of a string? I'm looking for the equivalent of substr if possible.

To process a string in Python, you use indexes

eg

pls read the tutorial at http://docs.python.org/tut/
to get better understanding...

While I'm not sure exactly what you're doing, I feel compelled to mention awk. If you're parsing a text file then awk may well be more suitable. There's a TON of functionality in awk that isn't really documented all that well in the awk man page. A good primer is here:

http://sparky.rice.edu/~hartigan/awk.html

HTH

Jon

>>> s = '0123456789'
>>> s[1:]
'123456789'
>>> s = s[1:]
>>> s
'123456789'