Simple regexp problem

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	Shane Hoversten [SMTP:srh232 at nyu.edu]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 21, 2002 5:04 PM
> To:	python-list at python.org
> Subject:	Simple regexp problem
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> 	This question has gotta be real simple.  I want to remove preceeding
> 
> whitespace from a string.  Seems like I should be able to say (using 
> another example to make it easier to see):
> 
> re.sub("^1", "", "11111junk")
> 
> 	and get "junk".  Except it doesn't work.  What I get is:
> 
> '1111junk'
> 
> 	In other words, it replaces only the first "1", and no others.  I've
> read 
> the dox and the howto's and this is such a simple thing.  I can do it 
> another way, but I can't figure out why this doesn't work.  Can someone 
> help?
 
string = string.lstrip()

Cheers,
Simon Brunning
TriSystems Ltd.
sbrunning at trisystems.co.uk




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