Remove the first unicode character in a paragraph?

Question

I have a paragraph that is injected with an annoying &#8203 unicode character at the beginning of paragraph tags. (it's because of a Microsoft SharePoint CMS bug)

Using javascript, how would I write an if statement that searches if it exists and removes it? It is always the first character in the paragraph.

Check this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24205193/javascript-remove-zero-width-space-unicode-8203-from-string — U Rogel, Dec 01 '17 at 22:02

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The following removes all instances of that character (U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE) from a string:

s = s.replace(/\u200B/g, "");

Keep in mind that 8203₁₀ = 200B₁₆.

answered Dec 01 '17 at 22:02

ikegami

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curious, what does the sub 10 and sub 16 mean? – knox-flaneur Dec 01 '17 at 22:33
Base 10 (decimal) and 16 (hexadecimal) – ikegami Dec 01 '17 at 22:34

Remove the first unicode character in a paragraph?

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