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.)/,"");
// 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"