string remove first character javascript code example

Example 1: delete first character javascript

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

Example 2: javascript remove first character from string

let str = " hello";
str = str.substring(1);

Example 3: javascript remove first character from string

var newStr = str.substring(1);

Example 4: javascript delete first character in string

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

Example 5: javascript remove first character from string

let str = 'ass';

str = str.split(''); // (3) ["a", "s", "s"]
str.shift(); // (2) ["s", "s"]
str = str.join(''); // "ss"

Example 6: js remove first character from string

// Return a word without the first character
function newWord(str) {
	return str.replace(str[0],"");
	// or: return str.slice(1);
	// or: return str.substring(1);
}

console.log(newWord("apple"));	// "pple"   
console.log(newWord("cherry"));	// "herry"