Check if string begins with something?
javascript, match, string
Solution
Use stringObject.substring
if (pathname.substring(0, 6) == "/sub/1") {
// ...
}
Problem
I know that I can do like `^=` to see if an id starts with something, and I tried using that for this, but it didn't work. Basically, I'm retrieving a URL and I want to set a class for an element for path names that start in a certain way. Example: ``` var pathname = window.location.pathname; //gives me /sub/1/train/yonks/459087 ``` I want to make sure that for every path that starts with `/sub/1`, I can set a class for an element: ``` if (pathname ^= '/sub/1') { //this didn't work... ... ```