How to get the special string in JavaScript?

Question

I want to get the special string in javascript.

Example:

JAMES SEVERA - 1679581110 - Physician/Psychiatry - 100 EAST BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503

Here are Doctor's name, position, and address.

I just need the address only. (100 EAST BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503)

I am going to use this address for the Google map.

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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 27 '20 at 16:08

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You can use split() function for this. Like this:

var str = "JAMES SEVERA - 1679581110 - Physician/Psychiatry - 100 EAST BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503";
var address = str.split(" - ")[3];

answered Jul 27 '20 at 16:08

Zhming

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 27 '20 at 16:09

If this data is always formatted like

NAME - ID - POSITION - ADDRESS

then you can split by the separator and just take the last element of the array:

const str = "JAMES SEVERA - 1679581110 - Physician/Psychiatry - 100 EAST BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503";

const strArray = str.split(" - ");

const address = strArray[strArray.length - 1];

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 27 '20 at 16:14

If the string will always be consistent in this format, with address as last and the fields separated by an hyphen then this should do it

const { length, [length - 1]: address } = "JAMES SEVERA - 1679581110 - Physician/Psychiatry - 100 EAST BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503".split('-');

console.log(address); // prints '100 EAST BROADWAY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA 51503'

How to get the special string in JavaScript?

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