Removing the last character from a string in Javascript

Trimming the last character in a string of "example" in Javascript:

HTML code:

<div class="example"></div>

JavaScript code:

<script>
var exampleString = "example";
exampleString = exampleString.substring(0, exampleString.length - 1);

// Printing the result
document.querySelector('.example').textContent = exampleString;
</script>

Links

1. String.prototype.substring(): developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/substring
2. JavaScript String substring(): w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_substring.asp

Browser support

Windows

Internet Explorer 4.0+

Edge 12.0+

Firefox 1.0+

Google Chrome 1.0+

Opera 3.0+

Safari 3.1+

SeaMonkey 1.0+

Mozilla 0.6+

Netscape 2.02+

Linux

Firefox 1.0+

Google Chrome / Chromium

Opera 5.0+

SeaMonkey 1.0+

Mozilla 0.6+

Netscape 2.02+

Hv3

iOS

Safari 1.0+

Android

Samsung Internet 1.0+

Chrome 18.0+

Firefox 4.0+

Opera 10.1+

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