title: How do I remove leading whitespace in Python?
body: <p>I have a text string that starts with a number of spaces, varying between 2 &amp; 4.</p>
  
  <p>What is the simplest way to remove the leading whitespace? (ie. remove everything before a certain character?)</p>
  
  <pre><code>"  Example"   -&gt; "Example"
  "  Example  " -&gt; "Example  "
  "    Example" -&gt; "Example"
  </code></pre>