how retrieve the last portion of the url using regex or jquery

Question

I have a url

/stars/planets/usa/en/universe/planet_stars.html

I need to get the planets_stars.html. How do I get that last portion alone?

Will you ever have to deal with URLs with query parts or fragment IDs? They make things quite a lot more complex… — Donal Fellows
– Donal Fellows, Commented May 15, 2012 at 14:44
@DoGood every time you are asking something, you should be polite and accept answers(vote up, i think and put green tick to this answer (under vote arrows)) — gaussblurinc
– gaussblurinc, Commented May 15, 2012 at 14:45

jmar777 · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-15 14:30:54Z

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Neither jQuery nor regex necessary here:

url.split('/').pop();

answered May 15, 2012 at 14:30

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gaussblurinc Over a year ago

using of LastIndex + SubStr will be more elegant in this task.

jmar777 Over a year ago

That seems rather subjective. I think brevity of code is nice, and this approach reads nicely to me.

Indi · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-15 14:50:41Z

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Using pure javascript:

var url = "/stars/planets/usa/en/universe/planet_stars.html";
var page = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf("/")+1);

Edit: second parameter of substring method optional and not required in this case. So, I removed it.

edited May 15, 2012 at 14:50

answered May 15, 2012 at 14:39

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kemiller2002 · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-15 14:30:41Z

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or just JavaScript.

var parts = url.split('/');

var lastpart = parts[parts.length -1];

You can use pop() as jmar said too, just remember that removes it from the array when you do it, so you can't use the pop method twice on the same array and get the same value.

answered May 15, 2012 at 14:30

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