endsWith in JavaScript

Question

How can I check if a string ends with a particular character in JavaScript?

Example: I have a string

var str = \"mystring#\";

I wa

Answer 1

if(typeof String.prototype.endsWith !== "function") {
    /**
     * String.prototype.endsWith
     * Check if given string locate at the end of current string
     * @param {string} substring substring to locate in the current string.
     * @param {number=} position end the endsWith check at that position
     * @return {boolean}
     *
     * @edition ECMA-262 6th Edition, 15.5.4.23
     */
    String.prototype.endsWith = function(substring, position) {
        substring = String(substring);

        var subLen = substring.length | 0;

        if( !subLen )return true;//Empty string

        var strLen = this.length;

        if( position === void 0 )position = strLen;
        else position = position | 0;

        if( position < 1 )return false;

        var fromIndex = (strLen < position ? strLen : position) - subLen;

        return (fromIndex >= 0 || subLen === -fromIndex)
            && (
                position === 0
                // if position not at the and of the string, we can optimise search substring
                //  by checking first symbol of substring exists in search position in current string
                || this.charCodeAt(fromIndex) === substring.charCodeAt(0)//fast false
            )
            && this.indexOf(substring, fromIndex) === fromIndex
        ;
    };
}

Benefits:

• This version is not just re-using indexOf.
• Greatest performance on long strings. Here is a speed test http://jsperf.com/starts-ends-with/4
• Fully compatible with ecmascript specification. It passes the tests