Split First name and Last name using javascript

Question

I have a user with a name Paul Steve Panakkal. It\'s a long name it won\'t fit to the div container. So is there anyway to split first name and lastname fro

Answer 1

You needn't use any split method and create unnecessary arrays for that operation. Just use lastIndexOf and substring methods of javascript.

var s = "Paul Steve Panakkal";
var a = s.lastIndexOf(' '); // last occurence of space
var b = s.substring(0, a); // Paul Steve
var c = s.substring(a+1); // Panakkal

Answer 2

Use the following code, it works for me

let name = "Paul Steve Panakkal"
let parts = name.split(' ')
let firstName = parts.shift();  // Paul
let lastName = parts.join(' '); // Steve Panakkal

console.log({
firstName,
lastName
})

Answer 3

if you assume the last word is the last name and a single word name is also a last name then ...

var items = theName.split(' '),
    lastName = items[items.length-1],
    firstName = "";

for (var i = 0; i < items.length - 1; i++) {
   if (i > 0) {
      firstName += ' ';
   }
   firstName += items[i];
}

Answer 4

var firstName = fullName.split(" ")[0];

Answer 5

Yes:

var fullName = "Paul Steve Panakkal".split(' '),
    firstName = fullName[0],
    lastName = fullName[fullName.length - 1];

References:

• string.split().

Answer 6

This way, both firstName and lastName are always correct

var names = fullName.split(' ');
if (!names || names.length <= 1) {
   firstName = this.name;
   lastName = '';
} else {
   firstName = names.slice(0, -1).join(' ');
   lastName = names.slice(-1).join(' ');
}