How to test characters of a string

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On 2022-06-07 at 21:35:43 +0200,
Dave <dave at looktowindward.com> wrote:

> I’m new to Python and have a simple problem that I can’t seem to find
> the answer.

> I want to test the first two characters of a string to check if the
> are numeric (00 to 99) and if so remove the fist three chars from the
> string.

> Example: if “05 Trinket” I want “Trinket”, but “Trinket” I still want
> “Trinket”. I can’t for the life of work out how to do it in Python?

How would you do it without Python?

Given that if the string is called x, then x[y] is the y'th character
(where what you would call "the first character," Python calls "the
zeroth character"), describe the steps you would take *as a person* (or
in some other programming language, if you know one) to carry out this
task.

Translating that algorithm to Python is the next step.  Perhaps
https://docs.python.org/3/library/string.html can help.