public static void main(String[] args){
        expect("Fobbar", clean("3.4 Fobbar")  );
        expect("Fob4bar", clean("3.4 Fob4bar")  );
        expect("Fob4bar", clean(" 3.4 Fob4bar")  );
        expect("Fob4bar", clean(" 3.4   Fob4bar")  );
        expect("A   Fob4bar", clean(" 3.A   Fob4bar")  );
        expect("Fob4bar", clean(" 3   Fob4bar")  );
        expect("foobar 3.4 Fobbar", clean("foobar 3.4 Fobbar")  );
        expect("foobar 3.4 Fobbar", clean("     foobar 3.4 Fobbar")  );
        expect("Fobbar a3sdf ", clean(" 3.4    Fobbar a3sdf ")  );
        expect("Fobbar a3sdf ", clean(" 3.4    Fobbar a3sdf ")  );

    }

    public static String clean(String stringToClean){
      return stringToClean.replaceFirst("^\\s*[\\d\\.]*\\s*", "") ;
    }

    public static void expect(String expected, String actual ){
        if (expected.equals(actual))
            System.out.println("ok");
        else
            System.out.println("False. Expeced : " +expected + " but got "+ actual);

    }
}