Delete number from the beginning

Question

I have some strings that begin with a number and a whitespace and I want to extract everything after that whitespace.

First string:

1 abc def

What I want:

abd def

Second string:

1 23 abs

What I want:

23 abs

What is the best way to do it in Java? I know it can be achieved by regular expressions and String methods, but which way is the shortest?

Answer 1

str = str.replaceFirst("^[0-9]+ ", "");

Answer 2

Try it like this

String str = "1 abc def";
String split[] = str.split(" ", 2);
System.out.println(split[1]);