Javascript Split String at First Numeric

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I am trying to split a UK postcode string to only include the initial letters. For example, 'AA1 2BB' would become 'AA.'

I was thinking something like the below.

var postcode = 'AA1 2BB';
var postcodePrefix = postcode.split([0-9])[0];

This does not actually work, but can someone help me out with the syntax?

Thanks for any help.

Do you want postcodePrefix[1] to contain '1 2BB' or ' 2BB' or does it matter? — user1720624
– user1720624, Commented Sep 9, 2013 at 19:43

Rahul Tripathi · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 19:30:39Z

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You can try something like this:

var postcode = 'AA1 2BB';
var postcodePrefix =postcode.split(/[0-9]/)[0];

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 19:30

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user1726343 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 19:32:22Z

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Alternatively, you could use a regex to simply find all alphabetic characters that occur at the beginning of the string:

var postcode = 'AA1 2BB';
var postcodePrefix = postcode.match(/^[a-zA-Z]+/);

If you want any initial characters that are non numeric, you could use:

var postcodePrefix = postcode.match(/^[^0-9]+/);

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 19:32

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Emil A. · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 19:31:40Z

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/split

"AA1 2BB".split(/[0-9]/)[0];

or

"AA1 2BB".split(/\d/)[0];

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 19:31

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Upvote for \d - idk why people use [0-9]

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-09 19:31:20Z

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var m = postcode.match(/([^\d]*)/);
if (m) {
   var prefix = m[0];
}

answered Sep 9, 2013 at 19:31

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