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Xeptor
Xeptor

Reputation: 477

Remove all text from string before a character with jQuery

How do I remove the "/" character and the text before it with jQuery? I know how to replace the character, but the text is generated dynamically so unsure how to do that. I guess I need to use regex somehow? 

<span class="unfoldedlabel" colspan="6"><a>Accessories/Service & Support</a></span>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4914

Answers (4)

Chris Lear
Chris Lear

Reputation: 6742

A combination of the best bits of the answers/comments so far:

$('.unfoldedlabel a').text(function(_, text) {
    // return (text.split('/').pop()); // just the original requirement
    return (text.split('/').pop().replace(/\s*/g,'')); // with whitespace removed
});

Upvotes: 2

guest271314
guest271314

Reputation: 1

Try using String.prototype.match() with RegExp /([^\/]+$)/ to negate forward slash character "/" , match any characters following forward slash character until end of input string

document.querySelector(".unfoldedlabel")
.textContent = document.querySelector(".unfoldedlabel").textContent
.match(/([^\/]+$)/)[0]
<span class="unfoldedlabel" colspan="6"><a>Accessories/Service & Support</a></span>

Upvotes: 0

hurito
hurito

Reputation: 1

You can use split("/");

var newString = oldString.split("/");

newString is then an array of the content of the oldString with newString[0] the text before / and newString[1] the text after.

Upvotes: 0

Laurens
Laurens

Reputation: 2420

If you're certain you only have 1 slash:

var str = "Accessories/Service & Support";
str = str.split("/").pop();
alert(str);

http://jsfiddle.net/jEQQg/904/

Upvotes: 4

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