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Asked: 2026-06-15T04:59:06+00:00

I’m using jQuery to retrieve the class attribute and I need to get the

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I’m using jQuery to retrieve the class attribute and I need to get the a substring of the digits that follow the substring "position"

for example
"position7 selected" I need to retrieve "7"

for example
"navitem position14 selected" I need to retrieve "14"

I started writing:

$(this).attr('class').match(/(\d+)$/))

But I am getting lost with the regular expression, any help much appreciated.
I actually really really like regular expressions but I’m still learning!

update due to first answer: there might be another group of digits which I need to ignore
For example “navitem2 position14 selected” I need to retrieve “14”

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  1. Editorial Team
    "navitem position14 selected".match(/position(\d+)/)[1]

    The call returns ["position14", "14"], so the [1] element is 14.

    You’re on the right track with the (\d+), it will match a contiguous group of digits. This just says only match that group when it directly follows the literal string "position".

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