Inline Regex in Jquery

Question

I have some Jquery code like this:

$("a[for_column="+ p_column_name +"]"

Problem is, when p_columns_name is something like this_table.user_name I need to remove everything before the . including the ..

Is this possible inline?

ndnenkov · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-14 08:54:31Z

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Replace /.*\./ with nothing:

$("a[for_column="+ p_column_name.replace(/.*\./, '') +"]"

.* - everything before the last dot. \. - the dot itself.

answered Aug 14, 2015 at 8:54

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Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-14 08:58:02Z

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You do not neef any regex. Use indexOf with substring:

$("a[for_column="+ p_column_name.substring(p_column_name.indexOf('.')+1) +"]"

var p_column_name = "this_table.user_name";
alert(p_column_name.substring(p_column_name.indexOf('.')+1));

answered Aug 14, 2015 at 8:58

Wiktor Stribiżew

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