JavaScript - Split A String

Question

I have a variable that holds the value 'website.html'. How can I split that variable so it only gives me the 'website'? Thanks

Accepted Answer

```
var a = "website.html";
var name = a.split(".")[0];
```

If the file name has a dot in the name, you could try...

```
var a = "website.old.html";
var nameSplit = a.split(".");
nameSplit.pop();    
var name = nameSplit.join(".");
```

But if the file name is something like `my.old.file.tar.gz`, then it will think `my.old.file.tar` is the file name

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