JS remove everything after the last occurrence of a character

Question

Okay I have this

var URL = \"http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10767815/remove-everything-before-the-last-occurrence-of-a-character\";
console.log(URL.subst         


        

Answer 1

Try this jsfiddle or run the code snippet.

    var URL = "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10767815/remove-everything-before-the-last-occurrence-of-a-character";
    var myRegexp = /^(.*\/)/g;
    var match = myRegexp.exec(URL);
    alert(match[1]); 

Answer 2

Run this:

var URL = "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10767815/remove-everything-before-the-last-occurrence-of-a-character";
var temp = URL.split('/');
temp.pop();
var result = temp.join('/');
alert(result);

Answer 3

console.log(URL.substring(0, URL.lastIndexOf("/")+1));