Read this:
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In [50]: print str.lstrip.__doc__
S.lstrip([chars]) -> string or unicode
Return a copy of the string S with leading whitespace removed.
If chars is given and not None, remove characters in chars instead.
If chars is unicode, S will be converted to unicode before stripping
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The point is "characters in chars", not strings.
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In [52]: 'abababbbaacaaba'.lstrip('ab')
Out[52]: 'caaba'
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Cheers,
Tiago.
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