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1. Replace Character2. Remove Character3. Insert Character at Position4. Remove First Character5. Remove Last Character6. Swap First and Last Character7. Duplicate String N Times8. Add Characters Between Each Character9. Remove All Occurrences of Substring10. Reverse Each Word

Remove First Character

Remove first character from string.

BeginnerPhase 5 - Category 4: String TransformationExample 4 of 10
remove-first-character.py
1# Take string input
2s = input("Enter a string: ")
3

4# Remove first character
5if len(s) > 0:
6    result = s[1:]
7    print(f"After removal: {result}")
8else:
9    print("String is empty")

Output

Enter a string: Hello
After removal: ello

What's going on

Use slicing to skip first character.

Key Concepts:

s[1:] skips first character
Returns substring
Check if string not empty

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