Remove leading comma from a string

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I have the following string:

",'first string','more','even more'"

I want to transform this into an Array but obviously this is not valid due to the first comma. How can I remove the first comma from my string and make it a valid Array?

I’d like to end up with something like this:

myArray  = ['first string','more','even more']
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11 Answers
s=s.substring(1);

I like to keep stuff simple.

user_19788310

this will remove the trailing commas and spaces

var str = ",'first string','more','even more'";
var trim = str.replace(/(^\s*,)|(,\s*$)/g, '');
user_12516920

remove leading or trailing characters:

function trimLeadingTrailing(inputStr, toRemove) {
    // use a regex to match toRemove at the start (^)
    // and at the end ($) of inputStr
    const re = new Regex(`/^${toRemove}|{toRemove}$/`);
    return inputStr.replace(re, '');
}
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