Regular Expression in JavaScript giving an uncaught type error

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I am developing an application and want to be able to grab only the resource from the URL so I have written a regular expression, but it doesn't seem to be working and I get an uncaught type error. Can anyone help with this?

var link = document.location;

var res = link.match(/\/.*php/g);

Also, document.location isn't a string. It's a Location object. — gen_Eric
– gen_Eric, Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 15:29
@RocketHazmat it's in the Chrome browser "uncaught typeerror undefined is not a function" — user3723666
– user3723666, Commented Aug 12, 2014 at 15:29

Alnitak · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12 15:29:57Z

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document.location is not a string, but a Location object with properties describing the individual components of the URL. It therefore has no match method.

Try using document.location.pathname instead.

answered Aug 12, 2014 at 15:29

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sejordan · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-12 15:30:15Z

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The problem is that link is not a string, so it doesn't have the match() property.

try:

var link = document.location.toString();
var res = link.match(/\/.*php/g);

answered Aug 12, 2014 at 15:30

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