Lets Say we have Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com
Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com
How do you split so it only be left 685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com
685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com
Another solution:
s = 'Zaptoit:685158:zaptoit@hotmail.com' s.split(':', 1)[1]