regex pattern to match the end of a string

Question

Can someone tell me the regex pattern to match everything to the right of the last "/" in a string.

For example, str="red/white/blue";

I'd like to match "blue" because it is everything to the right of the last "/".

Many thanks!

Answer 1

Use the $ metacharacter to match the end of a string.

In Perl, this looks like:

my $str = 'red/white/blue'; my($last_match) = $str =~ m/.*\/(.*)$/; 

Written in JavaScript, this looks like:

var str = 'red/white/blue'.match(/.*\/(.*)$/); 

Answer 2

Use this Regex pattern: /([^/]*)$