Remove "x" number of characters from a string?

Question

In Python: How do I write a function that would remove "x" number of characters from the beginning of a string?

For instance if my string was "gorilla" and I want to be able remove two letters it would then return "rilla".

OR if my string was "table" and I wanted to remove the first three letters it would return "le".

Please help and thank you everyone!

Use [slicing](http://stackoverflow.com/q/509211/1903116). `string[2:]` or `string[3:]` — thefourtheye, May 09 '14 at 05:46
_How do I write a function .._ -- Such a innocent question and no answers? — devnull, May 09 '14 at 05:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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You can use this syntax called slices

s = 'gorilla'
s[2:]

will return

'rilla'

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered May 09 '14 at 05:49

Dmitry Loparev

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