Get last slash url javascript

My url will look like this:

//www.example.com/category/action

How can I get the word "action". This last part of the url [after the last forward slash "/"] will be different each time. So whether its "action" or "adventure", etc. how can I always get the word after the last closing forward slash?

Ates Goral

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asked May 29, 2011 at 1:22

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One way:

var lastPart = url.split["/"].pop[];

answered May 29, 2011 at 1:24

Ates GoralAtes Goral

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Assuming there is no trailing slash, you could get it like this:

var url = "//www.mysite.com/category/action";
var parts = url.split["/"];
alert[parts[parts.length-1]];

However, if there can be a trailing slash, you could use the following:

var url = "//www.mysite.com/category/action/";
var parts = url.split["/"];
if [parts[parts.length-1].length==0]{
 alert[parts[parts.length-2]];
}else{
  alert[parts[parts.length-1]];  
}

answered May 29, 2011 at 1:25

NiklasNiklas

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str.substring[str.lastIndexOf["/"] + 1]

Though if your URL could contain a query or fragment, you might want to do

var end = str.lastIndexOf["#"];
if [end >= 0] { str = str.substring[0, end]; }
end = str.lastIndexOf["?"];
if [end >= 0] { str = str.substring[0, end]; }

first to make sure you have a URL with the path at the end.

answered May 29, 2011 at 1:28

Mike SamuelMike Samuel

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Or the regex way:

var lastPart = url.replace[/.*\//, ""]; //tested in FF 3

OR

var lastPart = url.match[/[^/]*$/][0]; //tested in FF 3

answered May 29, 2011 at 1:53

JonathonJonathon

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Well, the first thing I can think of is using the split function.

string.split[separator, limit]

Since everyone suggested the split function, a second way wood be this:

var c = "//www.example.com/category/action";
var l = c.match[/\w+/g]
alert[l]

The regexp is just a stub to get the idea. Basically you get every words in the url.

l = http,www,example,com,category,action

get the last one.

answered May 29, 2011 at 1:28

dierredierre

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