javascript string manipulation

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hey all,
what's the best way to extract info from the following string:

controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX

i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.

thanks,
rodchar

[Mark Rae [MVP]]

Re: javascript string manipulation

"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
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what's the best way to extract info from the following string:
>
controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX
>
i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.

Are you trying to find the server-side control ID, as opposed to the
"munged" client-side control ID...?


--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

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RE: javascript string manipulation


var s = 'controlvalueid _ctl02_DrpX'.ma tch(/_Drp.*$/)

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)


"rodchar" wrote:

hey all,
what's the best way to extract info from the following string:
>
controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX
>
i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.
>
thanks,
rodchar

[=?Utf-8?B?cm9kY2hhcg==?=]

Re: javascript string manipulation

yes Mark but this is the only way i know to get it thru javascript. is there
another way?

"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
news:FBF2B345-6C45-4646-A394-2551D929998A@mi crosoft.com...
>

what's the best way to extract info from the following string:

controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX

i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.

>
Are you trying to find the server-side control ID, as opposed to the
"munged" client-side control ID...?
>
>
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

>
>

[George Ter-Saakov]

Re: javascript string manipulation

use
DrpX.ClientID
or sometimes
DrpX.UniqueID

depending on what you need name or id of the control...


George.


"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
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yes Mark but this is the only way i know to get it thru javascript. is
there
another way?
>
"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:
>

>"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
>news:FBF2B34 5-6C45-4646-A394-2551D929998A@mi crosoft.com...
>>

what's the best way to extract info from the following string:
>
controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX
>
i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.

>>
>Are you trying to find the server-side control ID, as opposed to the
>"munged" client-side control ID...?
>>
>>
>--
>Mark Rae
>ASP.NET MVP
>http://www.markrae.net
>>
>>

[=?Utf-8?B?cm9kY2hhcg==?=]

Re: javascript string manipulation

but that's on the server-side right? because i'm trying to get to the element
in javascript.

"George Ter-Saakov" wrote:

use
DrpX.ClientID
or sometimes
DrpX.UniqueID
>
depending on what you need name or id of the control...
>
>
George.
>
>
"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
news:B0DCBA34-1F4D-4BD1-BA5E-4B82400ADA02@mi crosoft.com...

yes Mark but this is the only way i know to get it thru javascript. is
there
another way?

"Mark Rae [MVP]" wrote:

"rodchar" <rodchar@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in message
news:FBF2B345-6C45-4646-A394-2551D929998A@mi crosoft.com...
>
what's the best way to extract info from the following string:

controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX

i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.
>
Are you trying to find the server-side control ID, as opposed to the
"munged" client-side control ID...?
>
>
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP

http://www.markrae.net

>
>

>
>
>

[=?Utf-8?B?cm9kY2hhcg==?=]

RE: javascript string manipulation

thanks for this one,
rod.

"bruce barker" wrote:

>
var s = 'controlvalueid _ctl02_DrpX'.ma tch(/_Drp.*$/)
>
-- bruce (sqlwork.com)
>
>
"rodchar" wrote:
>

hey all,
what's the best way to extract info from the following string:

controlvalueid_ ctl02_DrpX

i need "_Drp" and everything to the right of it.

thanks,
rodchar