counting pagination jquery for slick slider

jQuery(".homeSlider").slick({
customPaging: function (slick, index) {
        // Add leading zero for single-digit slide numbers
        var slideNumber = (index + 1 < 10) ? '0' + (index + 1) : (index + 1);

        // Remove the zero after count 9
        slideNumber = (index + 1 === 10) ? '' + (index + 1) : slideNumber;

        return "<a>" + slideNumber + "</a>";
    },
  });