how to check the string ends with space in javascript?

user3610534 picture user3610534 · Jun 1, 2015 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

I want to validate if the string ends with space in JavaScript. Thanks in advance.

var endSpace = / \s$/;
var str = "hello world ";

if (endSpace.test(str)) {
    window.console.error("ends with space");
    return false;
}

Answer

Tushar picture Tushar · Jun 1, 2015

You can use endsWith(). It will be faster than regex:

myStr.endsWith(' ')

The endsWith() method determines whether a string ends with the characters of another string, returning true or false as appropriate.

If endsWith is not supported by browser, you can use the polyfill provided by MDN:

if (!String.prototype.endsWith) {
    String.prototype.endsWith = function(searchString, position) {
        var subjectString = this.toString();
        if (typeof position !== 'number' || !isFinite(position) || Math.floor(position) !== position || position > subjectString.length) {
            position = subjectString.length;
        }
        position -= searchString.length;
        var lastIndex = subjectString.lastIndexOf(searchString, position);
        return lastIndex !== -1 && lastIndex === position;
    };
}