Regex not working to remove string/whatever

Question

How can I remove this string from href and update it ?

Example Url:

"localhost:21088/WcfDataService1.svc/Clients?$top=20&$select=Name,Products/Name,ID,People/FirstName,Products/Price,People/LastName&$expand=People"

What I am trying:

var stringToRemove = "Products" + "/";
var url = $("#qUrl").attr("href");
url = url.replace('/(' + stringToRemove + '\/\w+,)/g', '');
$("#qUrl").attr("href", url);

What I want:

"localhost:21088/WcfDataService1.svc/Clients?$top=20&$select=Name,ID,People/FirstName,People/LastName&$expand=People"

Update

Please don't hard code

@KalpeshRajai What? "str".replace(pattern/string, replacement)... — Justinas
– Justinas, Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 10:02
@KalpeshRajai I think u are confused, please try a jsfiddle to prove your point — Mathematics
– Mathematics, Commented Jun 23, 2016 at 10:13

Justinas · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23 10:17:30Z

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If you are looking to remove all Products/..., than RegEx is /Products\/.*?,/g

Take a note that RegExp is written as is - without surrounding it with quotes.

var str = 'localhost:21088/WcfDataService1.svc/Clients?$top=20&$select=Name,Products/Name,ID,People/FirstName,Products/Price,People/LastName&$expand=People';

console.log(str.replace(/Products\/\w+,?/g, ''));

/**
 * Replace with variable string
 */

var key = 'Products'; // Come from external source, not hardcoded.
var pattern = new RegExp(key+'/\\w+,?', 'g'); // Without start and end delimiters!
console.log(str.replace(pattern, ''));

edited Jun 23, 2016 at 10:17

answered Jun 23, 2016 at 10:00

Justinas

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Mathematics Over a year ago

thank you, thing is I am getting "Products" as a string from somewhere else, can I use it and add "/" to it with above ?

Mathematics Over a year ago

It works fine +1, but I am having trouble e.g. when I have this Products/Price&$expand=People, it is also removing &$expand=... part as well :(

Justinas Over a year ago

@Mathematics Check now.

Piyush.kapoor · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-23 10:00:11Z

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 var stringToRemove = "Products" + "/";
 var url = $("#qUrl").attr("href");
url = url.replace(/Products\/Name,/g, '');
 $("#qUrl").attr("href", url);

Modify the replace call , use regex without quotes

answered Jun 23, 2016 at 10:00

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Justinas Over a year ago

In string there is also Products/Price that you do not replace.

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