remove starting and ending comma from variable in javascript

Question

i have the below variable in javascript. i want to remove the starting and ending \"comma\" sign using jquery/javascript

var test=\",1,2,3,4,\" <--- 

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Answer 1

Regex should help

var edited = test.replace(/^,|,$/g,'');

^, matches the comma at the start of the string and ,$ matches the comma at the end ..