Javascript question - substring

smcelhinney

Given this string

functionName('attributeA','attributeB');

how would I extract 'attributeA' and 'attributeB' using indexOf and substring?

Is it

string.substring(string.indexOf("'"), ...)

Im missing the ... bit, as Im not sure if there is a "nextIndexOf" method in javascript

ron_darrell

I'm sure there are easier ways than this but try this code:

	var testString = "functionName('attributeA','attributeB','attributeC');";
	var args = new Array();
	
	function subMe() {
		testString = testString.replace(/','/gi, " ");
		testString = testString.replace(/', '/gi, " ");
		testString = testString.replace(/'/gi, "");
		testString = testString.replace(");", "");
		args = testString.split(" ");
		alert(args.length);
		var i = 0;
		while(i < args.length) {
			if(i == 0) {
				temp = args[i].split("(");
				args[i] = temp[1];
			}	
			
			document.getElementById('result').innerHTML += args[i] + "<br />";
			i++;
		}
	}

-RD

P.S. : I didn't use indexOf or substring. If you require these then this is probably a homework assignment and with a bit of imagination the above code could be adapted to get the same result.

-RD