我认为我们可以将sticks字符串推到array中，并根据输入选择删除元素。

def joinString(array):
    return ' '.join([str(elem) for elem in array])

sticks = list(13 * "|")
sticks_remaining = joinString(sticks)
print(f' {sticks_remaining} sticks remaining')

player = print("You may pickup between 1 to 4")
pickup = input("How many sticks do you want to pickup?:\n")

del sticks[0:int(pickup)]
remSticks = joinString(sticks)
print(f'{remSticks} sticks remaining')