Last segment of URL in jquery

Question

How do I get the last segment of a url? I have the following script which displays the full url of the anchor tag clicked:

$(\".tag_name_goes_here\").live(\         


        

Answer 1

You can do this with simple paths (w/0) querystrings etc.

Granted probably overly complex and probably not performant, but I wanted to use reduce for the fun of it.

  "/foo/bar/"
    .split(path.sep)
    .filter(x => x !== "")
    .reduce((_, part, i, arr) => {
      if (i == arr.length - 1) return part;
    }, "");

1. Split the string on path separators.
2. Filter out empty string path parts (this could happen with trailing slash in path).
3. Reduce the array of path parts to the last one.