javascript select string after character code example

Example 1: get string after character javascript

const str = '01-01-2020';

// get everything after first dash
const slug = str.substring(str.indexOf('-') + 1); // 01-2020

// get everything after last dash 
const slug = str.split('-').pop(); // 2020

Example 2: javascript substring after character

const str = 'sometext-20202';
const slug = str.split('-').pop();