substring after character javascript 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

// function you can use:
function getSecondPart(str) {
    return str.split('-')[1];
}
// use the function:
alert(getSecondPart("sometext-20202"));