jquery how to compare character string to end of other string

Question

to check if stringA exists in stringB you may uses this condition

if ((stringA).match(stringB))

THe above detects the occurrence in any position: initially, in the middle, finally.

How to narrow the search to the end of stringB only?

I have tried preceding the condition with this:

stringB=(stringB.substring(Math.abs(stringA.length-stringB.length)))

but it does not work. pls help

I think you are looking for: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/280634/endswith-in-javascript — Julian Go, May 12 '13 at 03:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 12 '13 at 03:52

1

How about this?

if(a.substr(a.length - b.length).toLowerCase() == b.toLowerCase()) {
    // b == last characters of a
}

If you need case sensitivity, just remove both .toLowerCase() methods.

answered May 12 '13 at 03:52

Austin Brunkhorst

needed to use b.toString() first, but you could not know it. thank you. – secr May 12 '13 at 22:48

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 12 '13 at 05:05

0

function endsWith(str, suffix) {
    return str.indexOf(suffix, str.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
}

answered May 12 '13 at 05:05

Juan Mendes

just copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/280634/endswith-in-javascript – Aamir Afridi Oct 20 '15 at 10:59

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