Live Demo: jQuery Remove First Character Using Substring Function

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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>jQuery Remove First Character Using Substring Function</title>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#btnRemoveFirstSub').click(function(){
        var myTextSub = $('.MyStringSub').text();
        var RemoveFirstCharSub = myTextSub.substring(1);
        $('.removedStringSub').html('<strong>The new string is: </strong>'+RemoveFirstCharSub);
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>jQuery Remove First Character Using Substring Function</h2>
<p class="MyStringSub">&This is my string</p>
<button type="button" id="btnRemoveFirstSub">Click me to Remove First Character</button>
<p class="removedStringSub"></p>
</body>
</html>              
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