How to get driving distance without km in google map api v3

Question

I am getting driving distance from google map api v3 using this code.

distance11 = response.routes[0].legs[0].distance.text;

The code is working fine, but the output is coming in the format 300km. I need only the number 300. Please help me find a solution.

I already tried putting distance.value and simply distance but it didn't work.

Edit:.....

Also please tell me how to remove string from a variable using javascript. For instance getting only 300 from 300km.

Thanks!

Answer 1

For this particular case, you can try

parseInt(distance11);

parseInt automatically removes the trailing string after the number. But if you know already that distance11 ends with "km" , you can also do

distance11.slice(0, -2);

Answer 2

See the documentation , the distance service returns both the text (which you are trying to use) and a number in meters.

If you want other units than meters, you can convert it.