title: python replace first character with ""
body: <p>I am dealing with a very dirty data that has different kinds of character that I need to remove. Below is just a snapshot. I just want it remove only these characters from the starting character, however it removes all the characters in the col1. 
  Data is in data frame: </p>
  
  <p>col1:</p>
  
  <pre><code>, Matt R, Carl A
  _ Hello, World_
  ). My Name is ). 'Amy' 
  . My name is 'Matt' 
  ., My name is 'Clark'
  My name is 'Amy' #clean row
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>articles[col1].str.replace(",","")
  articles[col1].str.replace("_","")
  articles[col1].str.replace(").","")
  articles[col1].str.replace(".","")
  articles[col1].str.replace(".,","")
  </code></pre>