CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascript
user2915962
user2915962

Reputation: 2711

Substring between 2 known chars

Im looking for a quick and inexpensive way to get a substring from a url looking like this:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oZK-vdEf2rvBhvAmdrKt1xHNlCehVV-WHDShkZUUaBM/edit#gid=0

The part i'm after is:

1oZK-vdEf2rvBhvAmdrKt1xHNlCehVV-WHDShkZUUaBM

So we know that we want the value between the 4th '/' and the 5th '/' (zerobased index).

One solution could be something like:

function getPosition(str, m, i) {
   return str.split(m, i).join(m).length;
}

var url = https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oZK-vdEf2rvBhvAmdrKt1xHNlCehVV-WHDShkZUUaBM/edit#gid=0;

var firstOccurence = getPosition(url,'/',4);
var secondOccurence = getPosition(url,'/',5);

var result = url.substring(firstOccurence, secondOccurence);

Any tips om improvemnets? Could this be made without having to call getPosition() 2 times?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 59

Answers (3)

Washington Guedes
Washington Guedes

Reputation: 4365

You can use the split method from String:

var result = url.split('/');

It will return an array, you can access the part you want by index:

result[4];

Or even:

result.slice(-2)[0];

Using string literals you can short it to:

url.split`/`[4]

Hope it helps :)

Upvotes: 5

JstnPwll
JstnPwll

Reputation: 8695

You can use regex:

var url = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oZK-vdEf2rvBhvAmdrKt1xHNlCehVV-WHDShkZUUaBM/edit#gid=0';

var result = url.match(/spreadsheets\/d\/([^\/]+)\/?/);
if(result){
	console.log(result[1])
}

Upvotes: 1

user2693928
user2693928

Reputation: 

var url = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oZK-vdEf2rvBhvAmdrKt1xHNlCehVV-WHDShkZUUaBM/edit#gid=0';

var part = url.replace('https://', '').split(/\//g)[3]
console.log(part)

Upvotes: 0

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