Remove all dots except the first one from a string

Question

Given a string

\'1.2.3.4.5\'

I would like to get this output

\'1.2345\'

(In case there are no dots in the

Answer 1

This isn't necessarily more elegant, but it's another way to skin the cat:

var process = function (input) {
    var output = input;

    if (typeof input === 'string' && input !== '') {
        input = input.split('.');
        if (input.length > 1) {
            output = [input.shift(), input.join('')].join('.');
        }
    }

    return output;
};