Answers for "how to retrieve string before and after character javascript"

get string after character javascript

const str = '01-01-2020';

// get everything after first dash
const slug = str.substring(str.indexOf('-') + 1); // 01-2020

// get everything after last dash 
const slug = str.split('-').pop(); // 2020

js get string before character

var str = "JavaScript is the programming language of the Web.";

// this will return string before the word programming
var result = str.split('programming')[0]; 
// result : "JavaScript is the ";