Could someone explain this to a newbie

[Sean Berry]

>>> text = 'zone "southernpine.com" {'
>>> text.lstrip("zone \"")
'southernpine.com" {'

This is expected.


>>> text = 'zone "newsouthpine.com" {'
>>> text.lstrip("zone \"")
'wsouthpine.com" {'

This is not.

What happened to the ne...

I suppose that is the secret, because I have 
tried with other words beginning with ne and 
they do not work either.

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