Javascript regex: How to extract an "id" from a string?

Question

I have this string: comment_1234

I want to extract the 1234 from the string. How can I do that?

Update: I can't get any of your answers to work...Is there a problem with my code? The alert never gets called:

var nameValue = dojo.query('#Comments .Comment:last-child > a[name]').attr('name');
alert('name value: ' + nameValue); // comment_1234
var commentId = nameValue.split("_")[1];
// var commentId = nameValue.match(/\d+/)[0];
// var commentId = nameValue.match(/^comment_(\d+)/)[1];
alert('comment id: ' + commentId); //never gets called. Why?

Solution:

I figured out my problem...for some reason it looks like a string but it wasn't actually a string, so now I am casting nameValue to a string and it is working.

var nameValue = dojo.query('#Comments .Comment:last-child > a[name]').attr('name'); //comment_1234
var string = String(nameValue); //cast nameValue as a string
var id = string.match(/^comment_(\d+)/)[1]; //1234

James · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-05 17:48:12Z

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someString.match(/\d+/)[0]; // 1234

Or, to specifically target digits following "comment_":

someString.match(/^comment_(\d+)/)[1]; // 1234

answered Mar 5, 2010 at 17:48

James

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Andrew Over a year ago

I am not able to get this to work. I think there must be an error in the code which prevents it from completing the function because my alert never gets called.

jpsimons Over a year ago

Or just someString.split("_")[1]

Stefan K · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-05 18:02:16Z

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function ExtractId(str){
    var params = str.split('_');
    return params[params.length - 1];
}

var id = ExtractId('comment_1234');

answered Mar 5, 2010 at 18:02

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Arun Prasad E S · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-19 07:08:24Z

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var tesst = "WishID=1List"
var test = tesst.match(/WishID=(.*)List/);
alert (test[1]);

if(test[1]==""){
  alert('Empty');
}

answered Nov 19, 2016 at 7:08

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