javascript - remove everything before certain character (including)

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const findText = (text, character) => {
    for (let i = 0; i < text.length; ++i) {
        if (text[i] === character) {
            return text.substring(i + 1);
        }
    }
    return text;
};


// Usage example:

const text = 'Removed part-example text...';
const character = '-';

const result = findText(text, character);

console.log(result);  // example text...


// Output:
//
//     example text...

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const findText = (text, characters, skip = 0) => {
    let a = -1;
    for (let i = 0; i <= skip; ++i) {
        const b = text.indexOf(characters, a);
        if (b === -1 && skip !== 0) {
            return null;
        }
        a = b + 1;
    }
    return text.substring(a);
};


// Usage example:

const text = 'a-b-c-d';
const character = '-';

console.log(findText('a-b-c-d', '-', 0));   // 'b-c-d'     // 0 skipped
console.log(findText('a-b-c-d', '-', 1));   // 'c-d'       // 1 skipped
console.log(findText('a-b-c-d', '-', 2));   // 'd'         // 2 skipped
console.log(findText('a-b-c-d', '-', 10));  // null        // not available - 10 skips

console.log(findText('a-b-c-d', '+', 0));   // 'a-b-c-d'   // not available - 0 skipped
console.log(findText('a-b-c-d', '+', 10));  // null        // not available - 10 skips


// Output:
//
//     b-c-d
//     c-d
//     d
//     null
//     a-b-c-d
//     null

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const findText = (text, character) => {
    const index = text.indexOf(character);
    if (index !== -1) {
        return text.substring(index + 1);
    }
    return text;
};


// Usage example:

const text = 'Removed part-example text...';
const character = '-';

const result = findText(text, character);

console.log(result);  // example text...


// Output:
//
//     example text...