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Exception
Exception

Reputation: 8379

Extract file name from a path using regular expression

How can I extract the string "XMLFileName" from the below URL using regular expression 

var x = "C:\Documents and Settings\Dig\Desktop\XMLFileName.xml"

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 8519

Answers (2)

alex
alex

Reputation: 490143

You could do it with split(), pop() and replace()...

var filename = x.split('\\').pop().replace(/\..+$/, '');

jsFiddle.

You could also use a single regex...

var filename = x.replace(/.*\\|\..*$/g, '');

jsFiddle.

Ensure you escape the \ in your string literal too.

Upvotes: 4

Ofir Farchy
Ofir Farchy

Reputation: 8027

You can use: "[^\\]*$"

but why not using regular javascript functions like indexOf() etc.

Upvotes: 0

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