Removing first x characters from string?

Question

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 resul

Answer 1

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