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How can I remove the first line of a multi-line string in python

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I have a multi-line string and I need to remove the very first line from it. How can I do that? I looked at StringIO but I can't seem to figure out how to properly use it to remove the first line.

posted Sep 2, 2013 by Ahmed Patel

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Best answer

Use split() and join() methods of strings, along with slicing. Like this:

 fullstring = "foo
 bar
 baz"

 sansfirstline = 'n'.join(fullstring.split('n')[1:])

The last line does this:
1. fullstring.split('n') turns it into a list of ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
2. the [1:] slice removes the first element, making it ['bar', 'baz']
3. Finally, 'n'.join() turns the list into a string separated by newlines ("bar
baz")

answer Sep 2, 2013 by Mandeep Sehgal
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