How do I remove the first character from a link's text with jQuery?

Question

I want to remove first character from link's text with jQuery.

<span class="test1"> +123.23 </span>
<span class="test2"> -13.23 </span>

I want to remove the "+" and "-" from with jQuery.

Output:

<span class="test1"> 123.23 </span>
<span class="test2"> 13.23 </span>

Answer 1

var val = $("span").html();
$("span").html(val.substring(1, val.length));