Parsing Text with jQuery

Question

I'm attempting to parse a text string with jQuery and to make a variable out of it. The string is below:

Publications Deadlines: armadllo

I'm trying to just get everything past "Publications Deadlines: ", so it includes whatever the name is, regardless of how long or how many words it is.

I'm getting the text via a the jQuery .text() function like so:

$('.label_im_getting').text()

I feel like this may be a simple solution that I just can't put together. Traditional JS is fine as well if it's more efficient than JQ!

Answer 1

Try this,

Live Demo

First part

str = $.trim($('.label_im_getting').text().split(':')[0]);

Second part

str = $.trim($('.label_im_getting').text().split(':')[1]);

• streetlight: Perfect! The only thing was that I wanted the second half of the split, so (using @alex23 's response), I switched the index to get the second half. Thanks!

Answer 2

var string = input.split(':') // splits in two halfs based on the position of ':'
string = input[1] // take the second half
string = string.replace(/ /g, ''); // removes all the spaces.

• streetlight: Thank you for the quick and awesome response! I choose @Adil 's solution as it utilizes jQuery more, but this answer gives me the background to what is actually happening behind the scenes and how to manipulate it. Thank you!