remove from beginning of string javascript code example

Example 1: javascript delete first character in string

var oldStr ="Hello";
var newStr = oldStr.substring(1); //remove first character "ello"

Example 2: remove first char javascript

let str = 'Hello';
 
str = str.substring(1);
console.log(str);
 
/*
    Output: ello
*/

Example 3: 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\.)/,"");

Example 4: delate char betwen index js

// First find the substring of the string to replace, then replace the first occurrence of that string with the empty string.

S = S.replace(S.substring(bindex, eindex), "");

//Another way is to convert the string to an array, splice out the unwanted part and convert to string again.

var result = S.split("");
result.splice(bindex, eindex - bindex);
S = result.join("");