regex - Javascript remove leading number label from string

I have some strings that look like this:

1.     Some stuff
2.     some more stuff
...
26.    Even more stuff

What is a good way to remove the leading number labels on these strings in javascript?

(Each line is a separate string in a separate variable)

Thanks!

I have some strings that look like this:

1.     Some stuff
2.     some more stuff
...
26.    Even more stuff

What is a good way to remove the leading number labels on these strings in javascript?

(Each line is a separate string in a separate variable)

Thanks!

Share Improve this question asked May 4, 2011 at 4:27 Chris Dutrow 50.4k67 gold badges195 silver badges262 bronze badges

str.replace(/\d+\./g,'') are each line in a seperate string? – Ibu Commented May 4, 2011 at 4:32

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str = str.replace(/^\d+\.\s*/, '');

var s = "26.    Even more stuff";

s.replace(/^[0-9]+/g, '')

"123. some text".match(/^[0-9]+\.\s+(.*)$/)[1] // "some text"

You can use a regular expression that matches the beginning of the string, any number of digits, the period and the white space after it:

s = s.replace(/^\d+\.\s+/, '');

This will leave the string unchanged if it would happen to look differently.

Just this line:

s = "26.    Even more stuff";
s = s.replace(/^[^.]+\./, "")

    Even more stuff

str = "2. some more stuff";

str = str.replace(/[0-9]+.\s+/, "");