How do I get the string from bigger string in Javascript?

Question

I have strings that follow this format:

/users/john , /users/anna , /users/charles/something

I want to get the users name. So, it's either the word after /users/ or the word after /users/ and before another / .

How can I do that in javascript?

Answer 1

Match the /users/ , and then capture non-slashes in a group, and extract that group:

 ['/users/john', '/users/anna', '/users/charles/something'] .forEach(str => { console.log( str.match(/\\/users\\/([^/]+)/)[1] ) }); 

Answer 2

Try using a regex replace with a capture group:

 var input = 'users/charles/something'; if (/^users\\/.*$/.test(input)) { var username = input.replace(/^users\\/([^\\/]+).*/, "$1"); console.log(username); } else { console.log("no match"); }