I have strings that follow this format:
/users/john, /users/anna, /users/charles/something
I want to get the users name. So, it's either the word after /users/ or the word after /users/ and before another /.
How can I do that in javascript?
Match the /users/, and then capture non-slashes in a group, and extract that group:
['/users/john',
'/users/anna',
'/users/charles/something']
.forEach(str => {
console.log(
str.match(/\/users\/([^/]+)/)[1]
)
});
no-useless-escape: Unnecessary escape character: \/. in my editor?
[^/]Try using a regex replace with a capture group:
var input = 'users/charles/something';
if (/^users\/.*$/.test(input)) {
var username = input.replace(/^users\/([^\/]+).*/, "$1");
console.log(username);
}
else {
console.log("no match");
}
match.
string.split("/")[2]will do.