How to get lastindex of a character in jquery?

Question

I am getting index of a particular character in a string but not getting last index.I am using jquery function.

For example: "abch/" by index of method I am getting the index of '/',But for "aa/aaaee/" i want the index of last '/'.I have used lasytindex of but it is not working.

My code:

if (request.term.IndexOf("/") == (request.term.length - 1)) {
                        var term = request.term.slice(0, -1);
}

Answer 1

Following line return you last index

var lastindex = str.length-1;

Answer 2

Use lastIndexOf() method.

request.term.lastIndexOf("/")

Answer 3

You can use .lastIndexOf():

request.term.lastIndexOf("/");

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