slice the character javascript code example

Example 1: javascript slice string from character

var input = 'john smith~123 Street~Apt 4~New York~NY~12345';

var fields = input.split('~');

var name = fields[0];
var street = fields[1];

Example 2: cut string from string javascript

var ret = "data-123".replace('data-','');
console.log(ret);   //prints: 123