I want to replace a text like "New York (1224)" with only "New York".
I have var name = $(this).text().replace(' ()','')
That replaces "New York ()" with only "New York". But how can I make it with a regex that handles digits like in the example?
asked Apr 24, 2017 at 20:55
Niklas Rosencrantz
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4 Answers
Remove anything and wrapping parentheses
If you're not specifically interested in digits
\s*\([^)]*\)\s*$
will help you target anything enclosed in parentheses () and trim some spaces resulting in removing the highlighted portions like:
https://regex101.com/r/GyOc5X/1
Remove numbers and wrapping parentheses
otherwise, if you're strictly only interested in numbers wrapped in parentheses - and some whitespace trimming:
\s*\(\d+\)\s*$
https://regex101.com/r/GyOc5X/2
var name = $(this).text().replace(/\s*\(\d+\)\s*$/, ""); //New York
P.S:
- If you want to also target the specific
What ()case from above than just replace\d+with\d*like:
\s*\(\d*\)\s*$ - If you're flexible about End-of-string (meaning you have more text after the match) than simply remove the last
$.
Comments
Use a regex
var name = $(this).text().replace(/\s\(\d+\)/,'');
Comments
Try this:
var name = $(this).text().replace( /\(\d+\)$/,'')
This will replace any (number+) at the end of the string, but will not do it if it's anywhere else in the string. You can view http://regexr.com/3fqld to see what all it would replace
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You can use:
$(this).text().replace(/\s+\(\d+\)/g, "")
var str = "New York (1224)";
var replacement = str.replace(/\(\d+\)/g, "");
console.log(replacement);
$(this).text().replace(/ \(\d+\)/g, '')?