how to remove characters from end of string javascript code example

Example 1: javascript remove last character from string

var str = 'mystring';

// the character 'g' will be removed
str = str.slice(0, -1);

Example 2: javascript remove characters from beginning of string

// this will replace the first occurrence of "www." and return "testwww.com"
"www.testwww.com".replace("www.", "");

// this will slice the first four characters and return "testwww.com"
"www.testwww.com".slice(4);

// this will replace the www. only if it is at the beginning
"www.testwww.com".replace(/^(www\.)/,"");