js function to get filename from url

Question

I have a url like http://www.example.com/blah/th.html

I need a javascript function to give me the \'th\' value from that.

All my urls have the same format (2

Answer 1

Using jQuery with the URL plugin:

var file = jQuery.url.attr("file");
var fileNoExt = file.replace(/\.(html|htm)$/, "");
// file == "th.html", fileNoExt = "th"