check substrings in a string in java script

Question

i want to check particular character occurrence in a string java script,
following is what i need

if the string having only one dot(.) between the string i have to alert it is a object
eg: var text = 'ABC.DEF';
if the string having open and closing brackets () at the very end of the string i have to alert it is a function
eg: var text = 'ABC()';

i tried this

if(text .indexOf('()') === -1)
{
  alert("not function");
}

but how i can check whether brackets are in very end.

Let me iterate that again: What if the string has both . and ()? Where does it belong? — Joseph
– Joseph, Commented Feb 25, 2014 at 11:03

HighBoots · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 11:10:22Z

3

You an use RegEx:

var one = "ABC.DEF";
var two = "ABC()";
var three = "()blank";

function check(string){

  // Matches: ABC.DEF  and Does not match: ABC. or .DEF
  if(/\w+\.\w+/.test(string)) 
    console.log("it is a function");

  // \(\) interpreted as (). Matches : ABC() ; Does not match: ()ABC or ABC()ABC
  else if(/\w+\(\)$/.test(string)) 
    console.log("it's an object");

  // Not found
  else
    console.log("something else")

}

check(one);    // it is a function
check(two);    // it's an object
check(three);  // something else

The $ checks if the match(()) is at the end of the line.
The \w+ is count one or more occurrences of "A-Za-z0-9_".

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edited Feb 25, 2014 at 11:10

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 10:57

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Ahsan Khurshid · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-26 05:44:49Z

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The regular expression ^\w+\.\w+$ will match a string consisting of:

the start of the string;
a sequence of "word" characters;
followed by a full stop;
then another sequence of "word" characters; and
finally, the end of the string.

Similarly, the regular expression ^\w+$ will match a string consisting of:

the start of a string;
a sequence of "word" characters;
followed by open and closing round brackets; and
finally, the end of the string.

You can wrap it in a function like this:

function check( text_to_match ){
    if(text_to_match.match(/^\w+\.\w+/)) 
        console.log("it is an object ");
    else if(text_to_match.match(/^\w+\(\)$/)) 
        console.log("it is an function");
}

edited Feb 26, 2014 at 5:44

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answered Feb 25, 2014 at 11:04

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Anoop Joshi P · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 10:59:22Z

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try

 var a = "abc()";
        if (a[a.length-1] == ')' && a[a.length - 2] == '(') {
            alert("function");
        }

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 10:59

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Kris Krause · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 10:59:42Z

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http://jsfiddle.net/h9V2z/2/

String.prototype.endsWith = function(suffix) {
   return this.indexOf(suffix, this.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
};

if("ABC()".indexOf("()") > -1) {
    alert("it is a function");
}

if("ABC.DEF".indexOf(".") > -1) {
    alert("it is an object");
}

if("ABC()".endsWith("()")=== true) {
    alert("ends with ()");
}

if("ABC()".endsWith("()whatever")=== true) {
    alert("ends with ()");
}

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 10:59

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Clément Andraud · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 10:53:54Z

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indexOf returns the position of the string in the other string. If not found, it will return -1:

var s = "foo";
alert(s.indexOf("oo") != -1);

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 10:53

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chriz Over a year ago

i want to know whether that character is in very end of the string or not

Clément Andraud Over a year ago

Indexof return the position of your substring. Just check if for example "(" return s.length - 1 ;)

Rajiv007 · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 10:58:29Z

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Try this:

  if(text.substring(2) == "()")
  {
    alert("it is function");
  }

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 10:58

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Paul S. · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-25 11:00:54Z

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String.prototype.slice lets you use negative numbers to tackle the other end of the String.

'foobar'.slice(-2); // "ar"

so

if (text.slice(-2) === '()') {
    // last two digits were "()"
}

answered Feb 25, 2014 at 11:00

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