What is the best way to cut the file name from 'href' attribute of an 'a' element using jQuery?

Question

For example I\'ve got the simple code:

  
Download file 01         


        

Answer 1

use

lastIndexof and substring

Give anchor tag an id

var elem = document.getElementById ( "anch1" );

elem.href.substring (elem.href.lastIndexOf ( '/' ) + 1 );

Using jQuery

$(function() {
    $("ul.list li a").each ( function() {
        alert ( $(this).attr ( "href" ).substring ($(this).attr ( "href" ).lastIndexOf ( '/' ) + 1 ) )
    });
});