how do i remove the first characters of a string [python]

Question

thanks to answers on this site I now know that you can remove the last characters of a string by string[:-1] which was really helpfull, however I need to be able to remove the first aswell and as far as I understand this technique it is not possible. so are there other ways to remove parts of strings without replacing spesific letters?

Answer 1

What do you mean "it is not possible"? :)

It is perfectly possible with Explain Python's slice notation:

>>> mystr = 'abcde'
>>> mystr[1:] # Remove the first
'bcde'
>>> mystr[1:-1] # Remove the first and the last
'bcd'
>>> mystr[2:-2] # Remove the first two and the last two
'c'
>>>

Answer 2

string[1:]

You may need to read some documentation. :)