title: Get first and rest of string from comma separated values in Javascript
body: <p>Given a string like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>"boy, girl, dog, cat"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What would be a good way to get the first word and the rest of them, so I could have this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>var first_word = "boy";
  var rest = "girl, dog, cat";
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Right now I have this:</p>
  
  <p><code>my_string.split(",");</code> But that gives me all the words that are between the commas.</p>