[issue32772] lstrip not working when string has =e in it

Christian Heimes added the comment: Please read the documentation again. lstrip doesn't work like you assume: >>> "cbaabcdef".lstrip("abc") 'def' -- nosy: +christian.heimes ___ Python tracker

[issue32772] lstrip not working when string has =e in it

Narendra L added the comment: If you see output dttrace e is missing see working example >>> test = "Cookie: test-Debug=edttrace=expires=1517828996" >>> test.lstrip('Cookie: test-Debug=') 'dttrace=expires=1517828996' # e missing here >>> test = "Cookie:

[issue32772] lstrip not working when string has =e in it

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: It works as documented. Removes characters specified by the argument from the string. In your example the argument contains "e", but doesn't contain "d". Therefore starting characters up to "d" have been removed. --

[issue32772] lstrip not working when string has =e in it

New submission from Narendra L : Lstrip not working as expected when the string has "=e" in it. Python 2.7.11 (default, Jan 22 2016, 08:28:37) >>> test = "Cookie: test-Debug=edttrace=expires=1517828996" >>> test.lstrip('Cookie: test-Debug=') 'dttrace=expires=1517828996'