Delete first character of a string in Javascript

Question

I want to delete the first character of a string, if the first character is a 0. The 0 can be there more than once.

Is there a simple function that checks the first

Answer 1

Another alternative to get the first character after deleting it:

// Example string
let string = 'Example';

// Getting the first character and updtated string
[character, string] = [string[0], string.substr(1)];

console.log(character);
// 'E'

console.log(string);
// 'xample'

Answer 2

var test = '0test';
test = test.replace(/0(.*)/, '$1');