How to get substring from a string using jQuery
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Answer: Use the JavaScript substring()
method
You can easily extract a substring out of a string using the JavaScript substring()
method. The substring()
method return substring based on the start (required) and end-position (optional) arguments. If end position is not specified it extracts the rest of the string.
Let's take a look at the following example to understand how this method basically works:
Example
Try this code »<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var myStr = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog";
var subStr = myStr.substring(4, 20);
alert(subStr);
});
</script>
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