How to remove "/" in JavaScript location.pathname return value

Question

I request the javascript guru masters again!

Okay this is probably simple, blowing my mind atm.

var path = location.pathname;

Returns: /page.php

I would like it to not include the first / so it would return page.php

Thank you guru masters!

Keith · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-28T20:01:15.137

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You just need to use one of the several substring functions.

var path = location.pathname.substr(1);

Update: substr is now a deprecated method, so you should use slice instead.

var path = location.pathname.slice(1);

edited Jul 28 '20 at 20:01

answered Feb 21 '14 at 20:05

Keith

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No problem. Here is an interesting link to tell you the difference (in your case, not necessary) between the methods that do the same thing: substr(), substring(), slice(): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3745515/what-is-the-difference-between-substr-and-substring – Keith Feb 21 '14 at 20:19

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '14 at 20:05

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var path = location.pathname.substring(1);

answered Feb 21 '14 at 20:05

kennebec

Suman Bogati · Answer 3 · 2014-02-21T20:21:14.493

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You can use replace() function also, but it replaces the all found forward slashes in path.

var path = location.pathName.replace("/","");

edited Feb 21 '14 at 20:21

answered Feb 21 '14 at 20:14

Suman Bogati

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It doesn't it just replace the first actually. – Chris Gomez Jul 17 '15 at 16:51

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