How to get the last part of a string in JavaScript?

Question

My url will look like this:

http://www.example.com/category/action

How can I get the word \"action\". This last part of the url (after the last forward slash

Answer 1

Or the regex way:

var lastPart = url.replace(/.*\//, ""); //tested in FF 3

OR

var lastPart = url.match(/[^/]*$/)[0]; //tested in FF 3