removing the # from window.location.hash

Question

I have this simple script:

$(document).ready(function(){  var $yoyo = window.location.hash;  alert($yoyo);  }); 

But I need to get rid of the # symbol as I'll be using the variable to locate div ids. I've tried using .remove('#') but that doesn't seem to be working.

Many thanks in advance!

Answer 1

var $yoyo = window.location.hash.substring(1); 

This simply means we're taking a substring consisting of character 1 (0-indexed, so second) onwards. See the substring docs.