Question

input is a string (var str) something like this:

"<<hello there//abcd//1234>>"

I want to know how to best extract the information to have this:

var a = "hello there";
var b = "abcd";
var c = 1234;

case a: select everything after << until first //
case b: select everything after first // until second //
case c: select everything after second // until >>

Anybody knows a simple solution?
THX

Answer 1

var value = "<<hello there//abcd//1234>>";
value = value.substring(2, value.length-2);

var array = value.split("//");
var a = array[0];
var b = array[1];
var c = array[2];

Or instead of substring, you can use value = value.slice(2, -2); (thanks to
Andy E’s head for the alternative).