what is the way to extract string in javascript

Question

the data is like this /Canada/Quebec/Montreal or /Japan/Osaka/ or /USA/California/Sanfransico

and I want to extract only country name which is right after first /.

The result should be Canada, Japan and USA

Thank you.

Guffa · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-02 21:11:27Z

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You can split the string on slash and take the second item:

var country = data.split('/')[1];

You can also locate the second slash and use substr:

var country = data.substr(1, data.indexOf('/', 1) - 1);

answered Nov 2, 2011 at 21:11

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cillierscharl · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-02 21:11:31Z

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Your substring operation would look something like this:

var data = '/Canada/Quebec/Montreal';
var country = data.substring(1,data.indexOf('/',1));

So basically take the string, exclude the first character up to the next occurance of / after the first index.

answered Nov 2, 2011 at 21:11

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PeeHaa · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-02 21:11:05Z

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var thestring = '/Canada/Quebec/Montreal';

console.log(thestring.split('/')[1]);

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Factor Mystic · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-02 21:12:07Z

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var country = str.slice(1, str.indexOf('/', 2))

answered Nov 2, 2011 at 21:12

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