JavaScript basic replace two chars in same string

Question

I have:

var foo = \'(bar)\'
foo.replace(\'(\', \'\').replace(\')\', \'\')

So, I get bar without parentheses, is there a better

Answer 1

If it is always the first and last characters you are trying to get rid of, you could use the slice method: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_slice_string.asp

​var foo = '(bar)';
alert(foo.slice(​​​​​​​​1, 4));
//Or
alert(foo.slice(1, foo.length - 1));​