What is the best way to cut the file name from 'href' attribute of an 'a' element using jQuery?

Question

For example I\'ve got the simple code:

  
Download file 01         


        

Answer 1

var files = $('a[href]').map(function() {
    return this.pathname.match(/[^\/]*$/)[0];
});

a[href] will exclude anchors without hrefs (such as named anchors), and pathname will remove query strings and fragments (?query=string and #fragment).

After this, files will contain an array of filenames: ['file01.pdf', 'file02.pdf'].