remove specific text from variable - jquery

Question

I have a variable in my script containing data test/test1. The part test/ is already stored in another variable. I want to remove test/ from the previous variable and want to store remaining part in another variable. how can I do this??

Thanks in advance...:)

blasteralfred

Answer 1

In your case, x/y:

var success = myString.split('/')[1]

You split the string by /, giving you ['x', 'y']. Then, you only need to target the second element (zero-indexed of course.)

Edit: For a more general case, "notWantedwanted":

var success = myString.replace(notWantedString, '');

Where notWantedString is equal to what you want to get rid of; in this particular case, "notWanted".

Answer 2

If your requirement is as straightforward as it sounds from your description, then this will do it:

var a = "test/test1";
var result = a.split("/")[1];

If your prefix is always the same (test/) and you want to just strip that, then:

 var result = a.substring(5);

And if your prefix varies but is always terminated with a /, then:

var result = a.substring(a.indexOf("/") + 1);