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Ignore first few letters of a line when reading file.
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>>> spam = 'name=John'
>>> spam
'name=John'
>>> spam.split('=')
['name', 'John']
>>> spam.split('=')[1]
'John'
>>> eggs = spam.split('=')[1]
>>> eggs
'John'
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RE: Ignore first few letters of a line when reading file. - by buran - May-29-2020, 12:47 PM

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