javascript substring help.

Question

I have a string "2500 - SomeValue". How can I remove everything before the 'S' in 'SomeValue'?

var x = "2500 - SomeValue";
var y = x.substring(x.lastIndexOf(" - "),
// this is where I'm stuck, I need the rest of the string starting from here.

Thanks for any help.

~ck

Answer 1

x.substring(x.lastIndexOf(" - "),x.length-1); //corrected

Answer 2

That's just:

var y = x.substring(x.lastIndexOf(" - ") + 3);

When you omit the second parameter, it just gives you everything to the end of the string.

EDIT: Since you wanted everything from after the " - " I've added 3 to the starting point in order to skip those characters.

Answer 3

try

var y = x.split(" ",2);

then you'll have an array of substrings. The third one y[2] will be what you need.

Answer 4

var y = x.substring(0, x.lastIndexOf(' - ') + 3)

Answer 5

var y = x.slice(x.lastIndexOf(" - "), x.length - 1);

This will return the value as a string no matter that value is or how long it is and it has nothing to do with arrays.

Answer 6

Add 3 (the length of " - ") to the last index and leave off the second parameter. The default when you pass one parameter to substring is the go to the end of the string

var y = x.substring(x.lastIndexOf(" - ") + 3);