Removing first x characters from string

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How might one remove the first x characters from a string  For example  if one had a string lipsum  how would they remove the first 3 characters and get a result of sum

User · Accepted Answer

gt  gt  gt  text    lipsum   gt  gt  gt  text 3    sum    See the official documentation on strings for more information and this SO answer for a concise summary of the notation

User · Answer

Example to show last 3 digits of account number   x    1234567890     x replace x  7        o p   890

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Another way  depending on your actual needs   If you want to pop the first n characters and save both the popped characters and the modified string   s    lipsum  n   3 a  s   s  n   s n   print a    lip print s    sum

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Use del   Example    gt  gt  gt  text    lipsum   gt  gt  gt  l   list text   gt  gt  gt  del l 3    gt  gt  gt     join l   sum

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gt  gt  gt  x    lipsum   gt  gt  gt  x replace x  3        sum

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