I need to compare some strings in Javascript, and check if a string is at the end or in the middle.
Example : If by searching for people named "Depp" I get
["Bob Deppo", "Johnny Depp"]
then the ordered output should be
["Johnny Depp", "Bob Deppo"]
Basically I am looking for am way to verify the existence of a substring at the end of another string. Something like :
people.sort(function(a,b){
if(a.indexOf(" Depp"+[ AND NOTHING MORE ])!== -1) return 1;
});
A few example would be :
"Johnny Depp".indexOf(" Depp"+[ AND NOTHING MORE ] !== -1 ) = TRUE
"Bob Deppsomething".indexOf(" Depp"+[ AND NOTHING MORE ] !== -1 ) = FALSE
If this [AND NOTHING MORE] symbol which would signal the end of a string exists, does one for the beginning of a string also exist ?
Possible Solution (but very nasty) :
One way of doing it would be to get the index of that substring " Depp" with indexOf (6) and see if added together with the length of the substring "Depp" (5) we get the total length of the string "Johnny Depp" (11)
function atEnd(substring, string){
return (string.indexOf(substring) + substring.length == string.length);
}
Not very elegant though.
So does such a [AND NOTHING MORE] symbol exist ?
Thanks !
