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javascript - Remove leading slashes
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remove-leading-slash
'/example/string/'.replace(/^\/+/g, '');
// Should remove all leading slashes and return 'example/string/'
@getbyid

getbyid commented May 29, 2019

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Thanks! Without g also works:
'///example/string/'.replace(/^\/+/, '');

@damiencorpataux

damiencorpataux commented Apr 28, 2020

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Good !

@simcha90

simcha90 commented Jun 12, 2022

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👍

@Morsmalleo

Morsmalleo commented Nov 7, 2022

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Beautiful, absolutely brilliant! Needed something like this in a node project I'm maintaining, thank you heaps ❤️

@shanieMoonlight

shanieMoonlight commented Aug 23, 2023

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