Cut string with jQuery

[Kuzyo]

Hi guys. I have a string with long name –'c\fakepath\my_image_name.png' and I need to cut it to – 'my_image_name.png'. Can somebody have a hint how can I do it with jQuery. Thanks for reply.

[noahgelman]

You can do this:

//Set the string as a variable
var filePath = 'c\fakepath\my_image_name.png'

//Split the string into an array by splitting it at the '\' character
var arr = filePath.split('\');

//Get the value for the last item in the array
var final = arr[arr.length-1];

[Chromawoods]

@noahgelman: You need to escape the back-slash I think? filePath.split('\\')

Anyway @Kuzyo, here’s a third solution to add to your arsenal of string-splitting:

// Creates a substring containing whatever follows the last occurrence of '\'
var fileName = filePath.substring(filePath.lastIndexOf('\\')+1);

The above assumes that ‘filePath’ contains the string you want to filter.

[noahgelman]

@Chromawoods off the top of my head I don’t know. Probably I guess. I don’t normally split \ characters

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