How to trim a file extension from a String in JavaScript?

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ma11hew28 picture ma11hew28 · Nov 22, 2010 · Viewed 277.8k times · Source

For example, assuming that x = filename.jpg, I want to get filename, where filename could be any file name (Let's assume the file name only contains [a-zA-Z0-9-_] to simplify.).

I saw x.substring(0, x.indexOf('.jpg')) on DZone Snippets, but wouldn't x.substring(0, x.length-4) perform better? Because, length is a property and doesn't do character checking whereas indexOf() is a function and does character checking.

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John Hartsock picture John Hartsock · Nov 22, 2010

Not sure what would perform faster but this would be more reliable when it comes to extension like .jpeg or .html

x.replace(/\.[^/.]+$/, "")

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