CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascriptstringsubstring
Csharp
Csharp

Reputation: 2982

Search inside of a string in javascript

I have a string that I want to parse using javascript. The string contents are

Tue Apr 02 2013 13:36:56 GMT -0500 (Central Daylight Time)

I need to get javascript to "get the word after open parenthesis" (in this case "Central").

I can't seem to figure out the javascript code for that. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 82

Answers (4)

Ian
Ian

Reputation: 50905

Using a regex, you could use this:

var re = /\(([A-Za-z0-9]+)[ )]/;
var str = "Tue Apr 02 2013 13:36:56 GMT -0500 (Central Daylight Time)";
var matching = str.match(re);

DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/BzxtY/

Since you want the specific word, you'd use matching[1] to get the specific word matched. Of course, the match could be null, so you might want to check that first. If you're sure this regex will match, don't bother :)

To break it down:

  • \( - Starts with (

  • ( - (beginning of matching group)

  • [A-Za-z0-9]+ - Contains any at least one of A-Z, a-z, 0-9

  • ) - (end of matching group)

  • [ )] - Ends with a (space) or )

The final part should match a single word in the () or multiple words (and only get the first, as you want). Such as matching "Central" in "(Central Daylight Time)" or matching "Testing" in "(Testing)".

Upvotes: 4

d'alar'cop
d'alar'cop

Reputation: 2365

I agree - regex is the way (especially were it to be elegant):

<string>.replace(/.*\(([^\s]*)\s.*/,'$1');

(n.b. There will be more elegant regex for this)

Cheers.

Upvotes: 0

Rajaprabhu Aravindasamy
Rajaprabhu Aravindasamy

Reputation: 67207

Try this,

var xStr="Tue Apr 02 2013 13:36:56 GMT -0500 (Central Daylight Time)"
alert(xStr.substring(xStr.indexOf("(")+1).split(" ")[0]);

[Concepts used: substring, indexOf, split]

Upvotes: 2

bradj
bradj

Reputation: 940

Use indexOf() to get the index of the first paren. Once you have that then get all of the characters up to the next space.

var str = "Tue Apr 02 2013 13:36:56 GMT -0500 (Central Daylight Time)";

var parenIdx = str.indexOf('(') + 1;
var result = str.substring(parenIdx, str.indexOf(' ', parenIdx));

Upvotes: 1

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