Get value from a string after a special character

Question

How do i trim and get the value after a special character from a hidden field The hidden field value is like this

Code

<input type=-"hidden" val="/TEST/Name?3" 

How i get the value after the "question mark" symbol in jquery??

Answer 1

You can use .indexOf() and .substr() like this:

var val = $("input").val(); var myString = val.substr(val.indexOf("?") + 1) 

You can test it out here. If you're sure of the format and there's only one question mark, you can just do this:

var myString = $("input").val().split("?").pop(); 

Answer 2

Assuming you have your hidden input in a jQuery object $myHidden, you then use JavaScript (not jQuery) to get the part after ?:

var myVal = $myHidden.val (); var tmp = myVal.substr ( myVal.indexOf ( '?' ) + 1 ); // tmp now contains whatever is after ?