jQuery removing part of string after "#" and removing "# "too

Question

I wonder how can i remove all string part after "#". For example if i have example.com/hello#item1 how can i remove all characteres after # and # character too?

Answer 1

var string = "example.com/hello#item1".split('#')[0];

simple as that

Answer 2

You can just use split.

var oldString ='somestring#removethis';
var newString = oldString.split('#', 1)[0];
alert(newString);

see: http://jsfiddle.net/DGFuf/1/