Remove the last character of a string in Javascript

In this tutorial, we are going to see two methods to remove the last character from a string in the JavaScript programming language. You can use any of the following methods as needed.
 

Method 1 – Using substring function

substring() function returns the part of the string between the start and end indexes.
 
Syntax:

str.substring(0, str.length - 1);

 
Example:

var str = "StackHowTo"; 
var newStr = str.substring(0, str.length - 1);
console.log(newStr);

Output:

StackHowT

 

Method 2 – Using slice function

This function extracts part of a string and returns the new string.
 
Syntax:

str.slice(0, -1);

 
Example:

var str = "StackHowTo"; 
var newStr = str.slice(0, -1);
console.log(newStr);

Output:

StackHowT

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