Javascript get text between last 2 forward slashes

Question

Apologies if this has been asked before but I couldn't find an answer.

If I have a string as follows

 var myString = "/text/text/text/text/TEXT I REQUIRE/text.text";

How would I grab the TEXT I REQUIRE? It will always be between the last 2 forward slashes but the amount of slashes and other text could vary.

Many thanks,

Clint

You can split it to get an array and target the arr length -2 index: jsfiddle.net/vsgodvt2 — A. Wolff
– A. Wolff, Commented Oct 11, 2016 at 10:10

hamid_reza hobab · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-11 10:25:51Z

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first you split the string to array then select element number:

var myString = "/text/text/text/text/TEXT I REQUIRE/text.text";
var res = myString.split("/"); 
var result = res[res.length-2];

and fiddle link is show result on a element.

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 10:25

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LellisMoon · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-11 10:26:22Z

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var myString = "/I/am/a/beautiful/TEXT I REQUIRE/man.example";
myString=myString.split("/");
console.log(myString[myString.length-2]);

answered Oct 11, 2016 at 10:26

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