I have a string for example "Hello_World_1_x.txt" and I want to take what ever is after the last underscore and before the .txt. The .txt will always be there as well as the underscore but there could be many underscores. I used .split() to get rid of the last 4 characters but I want only whats after the LAST underscore. So far my regex only gives me whats after the first underscore.
5 Answers
You could use standard string functions:
var result = s.substring(s.lastIndexOf("_") + 1, s.lastIndexOf("."));
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Try this regex:
/_([^_.]*)\.txt$/i
Using String#match:
var r = 'Hello_World_1_x.txt'.match(/_([^_.]*)\.txt$/)[1];
//=> x
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If you want to use regular expressions, give this a try:
[^_]*(?=\.txt)
Here's a Debuggex Demo and a JSFiddle demo.
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var s = "Hello_World_1_x.txt";
var a = s.split(/[._]/);
console.log( a[a.length-2] ); // "x"
This says, "Split the string on either periods or underscores, and then pick the part that is next-to-last"". Alternatively:
var s = "Hello_World_1_x.txt";
var a = s.split(/[._]/);
a.pop(); var last = a.pop();
console.log( last ); // "x"
There you go:
EDIT: Misread the strings name - now updated:
function getLastValue(string, splitBy) {
var arr = string.split(splitBy);
return arr[arr.length-1].split(".")[0]
}
getLastValue("Hello_World_1_x.txt","_"); //"x"
