# $EPIC: rest,v 1.6 2002/08/29 23:03:18 jnelson Exp $
Synopsis:
   $rest(<text>)
   $rest(<num> <text>)

Technical:
   * If the <num> argument is not provided, 1 is the default value.
   * The return value is <text> with the first <num>th characters removed.
   * If you think that the first word in <text> may be a number, better to be
     safe than sorry; specify an explicit "1" for <num>.

Practical:
   This can be used to remove the initial character of a string, or to remove
   multiple initial characters from a string.
   
Returns:
   <text> with the first <num> characters removed.

Examples:
   $rest(4 foobarfnord)               returns "arfnord"
   $rest(foobarfnord)                 returns "oobarfnord"
   $rest(1 5 testing)		      returns " testing"

See Also:
   left(6); right(6); mid(6)