jQuery removing '-' character from string

Question

I have a string \"-123445\". Is it possible to remove the \'-\' character from the string?

I have tried the following but to no avail:

$mylabel.text(         


        

Answer 1

$mylabel.text("-123456");
var string = $mylabel.text().replace('-', '');

if you have done it that way variable string now holds "123456"

you can also (i guess the better way) do this...

$mylabel.text("-123456");
$mylabel.text(function(i,v){
   return v.replace('-','');
});