How do I remove the first character from a link's text with jQuery?

Question

I want to remove first character from link\'s text with jQuery.

 +123.23 
 -13.23          


        

Answer 1

// get the current text
text1 = $(".test1").html();
// set the text to the substring starting at the third character
$(".test1").html(text1.substring(2)); // extract to the end of the string

text2 = $(".test2").html();
$(".test2").html(" " + text2.substring(2)); // looks like you want to keep the leading space