All characters after last slash JavaScript RegEx

Question

I have this as a string

http://steamcommunity.com/id/user/

And when I use this regex pattern : [^\/]+\/$ I get this result is

user/

I'm trying to negate the last / so i can get

user

How can I accomplish this?

You can't think of any way?

jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe

2016-03-19 20:12:08 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2016 at 20:12 — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Mar 19, 2016 at 20:12
There aren't any characters after the last slash :)

Sebastian Proske
– Sebastian Proske

2016-03-19 20:17:48 +00:00
Commented Mar 19, 2016 at 20:17 — Sebastian Proske
– Sebastian Proske, Commented Mar 19, 2016 at 20:17

Kaspar Lee · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-19 20:18:34Z

3

Try this code:

var string = 'http://steamcommunity.com/id/user/'
document.body.innerHTML = string.match(/([^/]+)\/$/)[1]

I added a capturing group to capture the user folder.

Since that was the 1st capturing group, I selected the item at index 1 of the returned array from string.match()

var string = 'http://steamcommunity.com/id/user/'

document.body.innerHTML = string.match(/([^/]+)\/$/)[1]

Demo on JSFiddle

edited Mar 19, 2016 at 20:18

answered Mar 19, 2016 at 20:16

Kaspar Lee

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2 Comments

Garuuk Over a year ago

Ah just saw your edit... thank you. Will accept your answer when the time allows.

Kaspar Lee Over a year ago

@Garuuk No problem! If this answered your question, please mark it as accepted (press the tick underneath the voting buttons). EDIT: Just saw your comment edit, thanks!

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-19 20:19:05Z

1

Use the capturing group like this ([^\/]+)\/$ and capture the first group using \1. Demo

OR

Use the lookahead assertion like this ([^\/]+)(?=\/$). Demo

Second method will directly capture user without messing with capturing groups.

edited Mar 19, 2016 at 20:19

answered Mar 19, 2016 at 20:15

user2705585

2 Comments

Garuuk Over a year ago

Thanks for your input

user2705585 Over a year ago

@Garuuk: My pleasure. Don't forget to check the second method without using capturing groups.

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