regex - Get filename from string path in javascript?

Question

How to get the filename from string-path in javascript?

Here is my code

var nameString = "/app/base/controllers/filename.js"; //this is the input path string

do something here to get only the filename

var name = ???   //this value should equal to filename.js

Answer 1

Try this:

   var nameString = "/app/base/controllers/filename.js";
   var filename = nameString.split("/").pop();