Question

var str='userkwd* type:"Office"';

How do I trim or substr or slice this string to only get 'userkwd'? Also the variable will have quotes as part of it..This one is tricky as if there is no userkwd .i.e. if

var str=' type:"Office"';

it should return null. The * gets appended with userkwd from inputbox..

str.slice(0,str.indexOf('*'));  ???

str.split("*")[0];   ????

str.substring(0, str.indexOf('*'));   ???

Which one?

Answer 1

str.replace(/\*? type.*/, '');