Hi everyone,
I am a beginner in python and trying to find my way through... :)
I am writing a script to get numbers from the headers of a text file.
If the header is something like:
h01 = ('>scaffold_1')
I just use:
h01.lstrip('>scaffold_')
and this returns me '1'
But, if the header is:
h02: ('>contig-100_0')
if I use:
h02.lstrip('>contig-100_')
this returns me with: ''
...basically nothing. What surprises me is that if I do in this other way:
h02b = h02.lstrip('>contig-100')
I get h02b = ('_1')
and subsequently:
h02b.lstrip('_')
returns me with: '1' which is what I wanted!
Why is this happening? What am I missing?
Thanks for your help and attention
Max
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