title: Strip all but first 5 characters - Python
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/663171/is-there-a-way-to-substring-a-string-in-python">Is there a way to substring a string in Python?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I have a string in the form 'AAAH8192375948'. How do I keep the first 5 characters of this string, and strip all the rest? Is it in the form l.strip with a negative integer? Thanks. </p>