From: Joel VanderWerf <vjoel@...>
Date: 2007-06-15T11:48:42+09:00
Subject: Re: lose the first character

Daniel DeLorme wrote:
> Colin Summers wrote:
>>        r = r.reverse.chop.reverse  # remove the first character
>>
>> That works, but I bet there's a nicer method. What do people use? I
>> thought there would be a pohc method (chop, in reverse).
> 
> if you want to lose the first *character* try r[/./m]=""

Or, non-destructively,

r = r[/.(.*)/m,1]

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