How to get the last name from the string

Question

I have the following string.

var str = "\\Desk-7\e\cars\car1.jpg";

I want to get car1.jpg. How can i get that using jquery or javascript

Is that your actual string... or did you mean to escape the backslashes? — James Allardice
– James Allardice, Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 10:47
Do you define the string like that or do you get a string like that? If you define it like that the result would be "\Desk-7ecarscar1.jpg" — Anton
– Anton, Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 10:48
@Anton you are correct if str is defined like that. Some escaping characters are missing — A. Wolff
– A. Wolff, Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 10:48
The string is coming from the controller. I am returning the filename form controller. There is no issue with chrome or safari or ff. The file is returning like this in ie only — Jonathan
– Jonathan, Commented Sep 12, 2013 at 10:52

A. Wolff · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 10:51:05Z

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NOTE: str should be: var str = "\\\\Desk-7\\e\\cars\\car1.jpg"; if hardcoded in code

var car1 = str.split('\\').pop();

edited Sep 12, 2013 at 10:51

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 10:45

A. Wolff

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Bathsheba Over a year ago

+1 for cuteness, but, out of interest, is there a cheaper way of doing this? In C++ (and Java) we can get the position of a final occurrence of a character and substring from that. Saves creating an container object.

A. Wolff Over a year ago

@Bathsheba lastIndexOf() used with substring() but less readable

maximus ツ · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 10:46:59Z

Can be done by

function basename(path) { return path.replace(/\\/g,'/').replace( /.*\//, '' ); }

John Kiernander · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 10:53:56Z

Or could be done with:

var str = "\\\\Desk-7\\e\\cars\\car1.jpg"; var name = str.slice(str.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1);

Anand · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 10:45:28Z

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use str .split('\\') and then the last index

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 10:45

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user235273 · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 11:27:05Z

"\\Desk-7\e\cars\car1.jpg".match(/\b[^/]+$/); //["Desk-7ecarscar1.jpg"]

Vinay Pratap Singh Bhadauria · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-12 12:16:00Z

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first split then get it

var abc[] = str.split("\\") var name = abc[abc.length-1];

edited Sep 12, 2013 at 12:16

answered Sep 12, 2013 at 10:46

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