how to get the string after specific substring jquery

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i have a string like this

var url="http://localhost/elephanti2/chaink/stores/stores_ajax_page/5/b.BusinessName/asc/1/11"

i want to get the string after the 7 th slash(/)

here it would be 5/b.BusinessName/asc/1/11

georg · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25 07:50:12Z

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You don't need jquery for this, just pure JS.

var url= "http://localhost/elephanti2/chaink/stores/stores_ajax_page/5/b.BusinessName/asc/1/11"
re = /^([^\/]*\/){7}(.+)/
result = url.match(re)[2]

Regular expressions in javascript: http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 7:50

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jfriend00 · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25 09:07:05Z

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Rather than counting slashes, you should probably look for the part of the path right after a marker such as this:

var url="http://localhost/elephanti2/chaink/stores/stores_ajax_page/5/b.BusinessName/asc/1/11";
var endPath = url.replace(/^.*\/stores_ajax_page\//, "");

This is a little less brittle if the front part of the path ever gets changed.

edited Jan 25, 2012 at 9:07

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 8:02

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Kanishka Panamaldeniya Over a year ago

hmm in this case the name stores_ajax_page changes , so i can not use , this , anyway thankyou very much ........... :)

jfriend00 Over a year ago

@KanishkaPanamaldeniya - Wouldn't you still be better off anchoring to some part of the path rather than counting slashes?

Kanishka Panamaldeniya Over a year ago

mmm your script is not working --->>> unterminated regular expression var endPath = url.replace(/^.*\/stores_ajax_page\/, "");

jfriend00 Over a year ago

@KanishkaPanamaldeniya - I fixed a typo in the regular expression.

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