# Re: Howto Delete 3 Leftmost Characters

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-howto-delete-3-leftmost-characters/100622>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 30, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-howto-delete-3-leftmost-characters/100622 "2006-07-30T23:41:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-howto-delete-3-leftmost-characters/100622/1 "2006-07-30T23:41:21Z")

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string="#ip 127.0.0.1"  
new\_string=string[3…-1]  
=\>" 127.0.0.1"  
(Indexing in Ruby starts at 0 …)

Best regards,

Axel