In Java, remove the first char of the string if it is , (comma)

Asked 2012-08-15T09:35:10.367

In Java, I have a String variable.

Sometimes the first character of the string is a comma ,

I want to remove the first char only if it is a comma.

What is the best approach to do this?

java string replace

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If you have commons-lang in your classpath, may have a look at StringUtils.removeStart(String str, String remove)

answered 2012-08-15T11:10:19.173