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

/#$/.test(str)

will work on all browsers, doesn't require monkey patching String, and doesn't require scanning the entire string as lastIndexOf does when there is no match.

If you want to match a constant string that might contain regular expression special characters, such as '$', then you can use the following:

function makeSuffixRegExp(suffix, caseInsensitive) {
  return new RegExp(
      String(suffix).replace(/[$%()*+.?\[\\\]{|}]/g, "\\$&") + "$",
      caseInsensitive ? "i" : "");
}

and then you can use it like this

makeSuffixRegExp("a[complicated]*suffix*").test(str)

Answer 2

UPDATE (Nov 24th, 2015):

This answer is originally posted in the year 2010 (SIX years back.) so please take note of these insightful comments:

• Shauna - Update for Googlers - Looks like ECMA6 adds this function. The MDN article also shows a polyfill. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/endsWith

• T.J. Crowder - Creating substrings isn't expensive on modern browsers; it may well have been in 2010 when this answer was posted. These days, the simple this.substr(-suffix.length) === suffix approach is fastest on Chrome, the same on IE11 as indexOf, and only 4% slower (fergetaboutit territory) on Firefox: jsperf.com/endswith-stackoverflow/14 And faster across the board when the result is false: jsperf.com/endswith-stackoverflow-when-false Of course, with ES6 adding endsWith, the point is moot. :-)

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ORIGINAL ANSWER:

I know this is a year old question... but I need this too and I need it to work cross-browser so... combining everyone's answer and comments and simplifying it a bit:

String.prototype.endsWith = function(suffix) {
    return this.indexOf(suffix, this.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
};

• Doesn't create a substring
• Uses native indexOf function for fastest results
• Skip unnecessary comparisons using the second parameter of indexOf to skip ahead
• Works in Internet Explorer
• NO Regex complications

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Also, if you don't like stuffing things in native data structure's prototypes, here's a standalone version:

function endsWith(str, suffix) {
    return str.indexOf(suffix, str.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
}

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EDIT: As noted by @hamish in the comments, if you want to err on the safe side and check if an implementation has already been provided, you can just adds a typeof check like so:

if (typeof String.prototype.endsWith !== 'function') {
    String.prototype.endsWith = function(suffix) {
        return this.indexOf(suffix, this.length - suffix.length) !== -1;
    };
}

Answer 3

I just learned about this string library:

http://stringjs.com/

Include the js file and then use the S variable like this:

S('hi there').endsWith('hi there')

It can also be used in NodeJS by installing it:

npm install string

Then requiring it as the S variable:

var S = require('string');

The web page also has links to alternate string libraries, if this one doesn't take your fancy.

Answer 4

Come on, this is the correct endsWith implementation:

String.prototype.endsWith = function (s) {
  return this.length >= s.length && this.substr(this.length - s.length) == s;
}

using lastIndexOf just creates unnecessary CPU loops if there is no match.

Answer 5

I don't know about you, but:

var s = "mystring#";
s.length >= 1 && s[s.length - 1] == '#'; // will do the thing!

Why regular expressions? Why messing with the prototype? substr? c'mon...

Answer 6

String.prototype.endWith = function (a) {
    var isExp = a.constructor.name === "RegExp",
    val = this;
    if (isExp === false) {
        a = escape(a);
        val = escape(val);
    } else
        a = a.toString().replace(/(^\/)|(\/$)/g, "");
    return eval("/" + a + "$/.test(val)");
}

// example
var str = "Hello";
alert(str.endWith("lo"));
alert(str.endWith(/l(o|a)/));