URL split

by meatHucker

HTML

<div id="oneEx">1</div>
<div id="twoEx">2</div>
<div id="threeEx">3</div>

JavaScript

var docURL = document.URL;

var urlBase = "http://mywebsite.com/extractMe/test/";

// Option 1
var url = urlBase;
var extractedText = url.split("/")[3];

// Option 2
// If when a trailing slash is present you want to return "test", use this code
var url2 = urlBase;
var urlAry = url2.split("/");
var extractedText2 = urlAry[urlAry.length - 2];

// Option 3
// If when a trailing slash is present you want to return "extractMe", use this:
var url3 = urlBase;
var urlAry3 = url3.split("/");
var positionModifier = (url3.charAt(url3.length-1) == "/") ? 3 : 2;    
var extractedText3 = urlAry3[urlAry3.length - positionModifier];


$('#oneEx').text(extractedText);
$('#twoEx').text(extractedText2);
$('#threeEx').text(extractedText3);