cut out part of a string

Question

Say, I have a string

\"hello is it me you\'re looking for\"

I want to cut part of this string out and return the new string, something like

Answer 1

Some other more modern alternatives are:

1. Split and join

   function cutFromString(oldStr, fullStr) {
     return fullStr.split(oldStr).join('');
   }
   cutFromString('there ', 'Hello there world!'); // "Hello world!"
   

   _{Adapted from MDN example}

2. String.replace(), which uses regex. This means it can be more flexible with case sensitivity.

   function cutFromString(oldStrRegex, fullStr) {
     return fullStr.replace(oldStrRegex, '');
   }
   cutFromString(/there /i , 'Hello THERE world!'); // "Hello world!"
   

Answer 2

string.substring() is what you want.