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Remove Leading Zeros From A Python String With .lstrip()

Passing a zero to `.lstrip()`` will remove leading zeros instead of trimming leading whitespace

Code

original = "0001234"
    
stripped = original.lstrip('0')
    
print(stripped)

Results

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  • Add example of `.lstrip('w.')` or whatever for the multiple character strip.

  • Check if doing int() also strips leading zeros

  • Either way make a version that turns the string into an int