Extracting number ID from a URL in Javascript

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Similar to my previous question:

The URLs have now changed and the unique number ID is no longer at the end of the URL like so:

/MarketUpdate/Pricing/9352730/Report

How would i extract the number from this now i cannot use the previous solution?

Either of the solutions below would work for you, so I would advise you to go with the one that's less likely to break in the future. The regex option will break if it encounters 2 or more numbers inside the url, while the split option will break if the number is encountered in a different position (hence, ignored). — Ioannis Karadimas
– Ioannis Karadimas, Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 7:02
@Ioannis Karadimas: More precisely, the regex will match the first number that is enclosed in slashes, i. e. it matches 123 in /foo/123/bar/456/baz. It doesn't just match any number, so it works correctly for strings like /foo123/bar/456/baz and matches 456. — Tim Pietzcker
– Tim Pietzcker, Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 9:11
@Tim Pietzcker: Sorry, I did not properly outline the regex's function. However, I was referring to the general case where it will match 123 in /foo/123/bar/456/. If the desired unique number is 456, I think the problem is evident. It all comes down to the expected general form of the url. — Ioannis Karadimas
– Ioannis Karadimas, Commented Jul 23, 2010 at 9:37

Tim Pietzcker · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-23 07:00:38Z

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You could search for

/(\d+)/

and use backreference no. 1 which will contain the number. Note that this requires the number to always be delimited by slashes on both sides. If you also want to match numbers at the end of the string, use

/(\d+)(?:/|$)

In JavaScript:

var myregexp = /\/(\d+)\//;
// var my_other_regexp = /\/(\d+)(?:\/|$)/;
var match = myregexp.exec(subject);
if (match != null) {
    result = match[1];
} else {
    result = "";
}

edited Jul 23, 2010 at 7:00

answered Jul 23, 2010 at 6:35

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Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-23 06:34:52Z

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If the URLs always look like that, why not use split() ?

var ID = url.split('/')[3];

answered Jul 23, 2010 at 6:34

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RyanP13 Over a year ago

I'm not sure they will always look like that. They will always have a unique number though.

dpmguise · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-23 06:38:26Z

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urlstring = "/MarketUpdate/Pricing/9352730/Report"
$str = urlstring.split("/");
alert($str[3]);

This splits the string each time it finds the / symbol and stores it into an array, You can then get each word in the array by using $str[0]

answered Jul 23, 2010 at 6:38

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