Thanks. that's just what I needed. Dave _____
From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:charlie.grie...@gmail.com] Sent: November-08-09 3:32 PM To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [jQuery] Characters in a string On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com <d...@widepixels.com> wrote: I have a string where i need to get the last specific number of characters but cant seem to find an answer when you don't know the length of the strings since its dynamic. var str="/folder/subfolder/setfolder/6ab0e34e915"; where i need the last 11 digits (6ab0e34e915). The folder names change so that number is never know to subtrct back from leaving me with 11 straight JS. var str = "/folder/subfolder/setfolder/6ab0e34e915"; var arr = str.split('/'); // converts your string to an array, delimited by the '/' character var myNumber = arr[arr.length-1]; -- Charlie Griefer http://charlie.griefer.com/ I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success.
