Delete Last Char of String with Javascript

Question

I have a DIV with some characters. How can I remove the last character from the text with each click on the DIV itself?

Answer 1

Assuming you have a reference to the div and it just contains a single text node (as your question implies), this is very simple. Here's a non-jQuery solution:

div.onclick = function() {
    var textNode = this.firstChild;
    textNode.data = textNode.data.slice(0, -1);
};