Modifying a string with letters, parentheses and numbers

Question

How can I modify this string:

"SRID=4326;POINT (-21.93038619999993 64.1444948)"

so it will return

"-21.93038619999993 64.1444948"

(and then I can split that)?

The numbers in the string can be different.

I've tried using .replace & split, but I couldn't get it to work properly. How can I make this happen using Javascript?

@JonasW. my friend is storing data with this format... custom I think — Reyni, Jun 13 '18 at 13:02
@reyni tell him to do it differently. Something like JSON or any other known data format. — Jonas Wilms, Jun 13 '18 at 13:02
to answer the followup; after you get the values, you can `str.split(" ");` to split the numbers on `space` — NappingRabbit, Jun 13 '18 at 13:04

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '18 at 12:58

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You can try with match and regex:

"SRID=4326;POINT (-21.93038619999993 64.1444948)".match(/\(([^)]+)\)/)[1]

// "-21.93038619999993 64.1444948"

answered Jun 13 '18 at 12:58

hsz

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because there would not be a duplicate of such a question ;) – mplungjan Jun 13 '18 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 13 '18 at 13:00

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I am not good using REGEXP but this could be a solution with pure split.

Hope it helps :>

var str = "SRID=4326;POINT (-21.93038619999993 64.1444948)" ;
var newStr = str.split('(')[1].split(')')[0];
console.log(newStr)

answered Jun 13 '18 at 13:00

Gerardo BLANCO

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '18 at 12:58

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var new_string = string.replace("SRID=4326;POINT (", "");

answered Jun 13 '18 at 12:58

Fazie

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 13 '18 at 13:02

You can use a regular expression. The first number is put in first, the second number is put in second.

const INPUT = "SRID=4326;POINT (-21.93038619999993 64.1444948)";
const REGEX = /SRID=\d+;POINT \((.+) (.+)\)/

const [_, first, second] = INPUT.match(REGEX);

console.log(first);
console.log(second);

Modifying a string with letters, parentheses and numbers

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