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How to get odd and even position characters from a string?

I'm trying to figure out how to remove every second character (starting from the first one) from a string in Javascript.
For example, the string "This is a test!" should become "hsi etTi sats!"
I also want to save every deleted character into another array.
I have tried using replace method and splice method, but wasn't able to get them to work properly. Mostly because replace only replaces the first character.
function encrypt(text, n) {
if (text === "NULL") return n;
if (n <= 0) return text;
var encArr = [];
var newString = text.split("");
var j = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < text.length; i += 2) {
encArr[j++] = text[i];
newString.splice(i, 1); // this line doesn't work properly
}
}

You could reduce the characters of the string and group them to separate arrays using the % operator. Use destructuring to get the 2D array returned to separate variables
let str = "This is a test!";
const [even, odd] = [...str].reduce((r,char,i) => (r[i%2].push(char), r), [[],[]])
console.log(odd.join(''))
console.log(even.join(''))
Using a for loop:
let str = "This is a test!",
odd = [],
even = [];
for (var i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
i % 2 === 0
? even.push(str[i])
: odd.push(str[i])
}
console.log(odd.join(''))
console.log(even.join(''))

It would probably be easier to use a regular expression and .replace: capture two characters in separate capturing groups, add the first character to a string, and replace with the second character. Then, you'll have first half of the output you need in one string, and the second in another: just concatenate them together and return:
function encrypt(text) {
let removedText = '';
const replacedText1 = text.replace(/(.)(.)?/g, (_, firstChar, secondChar) => {
// in case the match was at the end of the string,
// and the string has an odd number of characters:
if (!secondChar) secondChar = '';
// remove the firstChar from the string, while adding it to removedText:
removedText += firstChar;
return secondChar;
});
return replacedText1 + removedText;
}
console.log(encrypt('This is a test!'));

Pretty simple with .reduce() to create the two arrays you seem to want.
function encrypt(text) {
return text.split("")
.reduce(({odd, even}, c, i) =>
i % 2 ? {odd: [...odd, c], even} : {odd, even: [...even, c]}
, {odd: [], even: []})
}
console.log(encrypt("This is a test!"));
They can be converted to strings by using .join("") if you desire.

I think you were on the right track. What you missed is replace is using either a string or RegExp.
The replace() method returns a new string with some or all matches of a pattern replaced by a replacement. The pattern can be a string or a RegExp, and the replacement can be a string or a function to be called for each match. If pattern is a string, only the first occurrence will be replaced.
Source: String.prototype.replace()
If you are replacing a value (and not a regular expression), only the first instance of the value will be replaced. To replace all occurrences of a specified value, use the global (g) modifier
Source: JavaScript String replace() Method
So my suggestion would be to continue still with replace and pass the right RegExp to the function, I guess you can figure out from this example - this removes every second occurrence for char 't':
let count = 0;
let testString = 'test test test test';
console.log('original', testString);
// global modifier in RegExp
let result = testString.replace(/t/g, function (match) {
count++;
return (count % 2 === 0) ? '' : match;
});
console.log('removed', result);

like this?
var text = "This is a test!"
var result = ""
var rest = ""
for(var i = 0; i < text.length; i++){
if( (i%2) != 0 ){
result += text[i]
} else{
rest += text[i]
}
}
console.log(result+rest)

Maybe with split, filter and join:
const remaining = myString.split('').filter((char, i) => i % 2 !== 0).join('');
const deleted = myString.split('').filter((char, i) => i % 2 === 0).join('');

You could take an array and splice and push each second item to the end of the array.
function encrypt(string) {
var array = [...string],
i = 0,
l = array.length >> 1;
while (i <= l) array.push(array.splice(i++, 1)[0]);
return array.join('');
}
console.log(encrypt("This is a test!"));

function encrypt(text) {
text = text.split("");
var removed = []
var encrypted = text.filter((letter, index) => {
if(index % 2 == 0){
removed.push(letter)
return false;
}
return true
}).join("")
return {
full: encrypted + removed.join(""),
encrypted: encrypted,
removed: removed
}
}
console.log(encrypt("This is a test!"))
Splice does not work, because if you remove an element from an array in for loop indexes most probably will be wrong when removing another element.

I don't know how much you care about performance, but using regex is not very efficient.
Simple test for quite a long string shows that using filter function is on average about 3 times faster, which can make quite a difference when performed on very long strings or on many, many shorts ones.
function test(func, n){
var text = "";
for(var i = 0; i < n; ++i){
text += "a";
}
var start = new Date().getTime();
func(text);
var end = new Date().getTime();
var time = (end-start) / 1000.0;
console.log(func.name, " took ", time, " seconds")
return time;
}
function encryptREGEX(text) {
let removedText = '';
const replacedText1 = text.replace(/(.)(.)?/g, (_, firstChar, secondChar) => {
// in case the match was at the end of the string,
// and the string has an odd number of characters:
if (!secondChar) secondChar = '';
// remove the firstChar from the string, while adding it to removedText:
removedText += firstChar;
return secondChar;
});
return replacedText1 + removedText;
}
function encrypt(text) {
text = text.split("");
var removed = "";
var encrypted = text.filter((letter, index) => {
if(index % 2 == 0){
removed += letter;
return false;
}
return true
}).join("")
return encrypted + removed
}
var timeREGEX = test(encryptREGEX, 10000000);
var timeFilter = test(encrypt, 10000000);
console.log("Using filter is faster ", timeREGEX/timeFilter, " times")
Using actually an array for storing removed letters and then joining them is much more efficient, than using a string and concatenating letters to it.
I changed an array to string in filter solution to make it the same like in regex solution, so they are more comparable.

Function that pads with zeros an input number

i'm having a serious issue here. I have a function that pads a user's input with zeros. For example if i enter 88 it will normalize it to:
00000088. My function is this:
export default length => (value) => {
const noLeadingZeros = value.toString().replace(/(0+)/, '');
if (noLeadingZeros.length === 0) {
return value;
}
return padLeft(noLeadingZeros, length);
};
with padleft is:
export default (num, len) => (
len > num.toString().length ? '0'.repeat(len - num.toString().length) + num
: num
);
My problem is that if i entered something like this:
80112345 it convert it to 08112345. Any ideas?

Using slice:
let str = '00000000' + 88;
let resp = str.slice(-8, str.length)
console.log(resp) // 00000088

In your replace, you're replacing all the zeros in the number not just those on the left side, and even if there are zeros on the left side, why remove them if you're just going to add them back. You could use a for loop that pads the string with a zero n times (where n is the number of digits that the string needs to have length 8), or (thanks to a comment by #AndrewBone), you can use the .repeat() function that does this for you:
function padLeft(value, len) {
return '0'.repeat(String(value).length < len ? len - String(value).length : 0) + value;
}
console.log(padLeft("", 8));
console.log(padLeft("88", 8));
console.log(padLeft("00088", 8));
console.log(padLeft("12312388", 8));
console.log(padLeft("00000000", 8));

this looks wrong :
const noLeadingZeros = value.toString().replace(/(0+)/, '');
you are deleting every zeros out of your number... even those inside !
You can use this regex instead, instead of for /(0+)/ in your code :
/\b(0+)/
explanation : the \b ensures the zeros are at the beginning of a word
or this
/^(0+)/
explanation : the ^ ensure this is the beginning of the string

Just use a RegEx to assert that the number is a valid number.
/0+/
Then get the number of digits in the number:
('' + num).length;
Then put the whole thing together
var paddedNum ='';
for (var i=0;i<8-len;i++) {
paddedNum += "0";
}
paddedNum += num;

Javascript to test value against regex and later value if needed

in my webpage I have a total in currency format that can either be positive or negative.
Example $5.50 or $(5.50).
This value is nothing other than text contained within a span tag. I'm trying to read the value and convert it into a numeric value in js where I can then perform math calculations against it.
Example $5.50 -> 5.50 and $(5.50) -> -5.50
I have written the following regex script to handle converting negative currency values into numeric values
var regex = /^\$*?\((\d+(\.)?(\d+)?)\)$/
I have the following methods to handle retrieving and converting the value.
//retrieve value from template
$.fn.fieldVal = function () {
var val;
if ($(this).is(':input')) {
val = $(this).val();
} else {
val = $(this).text();
}
return convertCurrencyToNumeric(val);
};
//convert currency to numeric value
function convertCurrencyToNumeric(n) {
var regex = /^\$*?\((\d+(\.)?(\d+)?)\)$/
n = n.replace(/[^0-9-\.]/g, '');
if(isNumber(n)) {
n = parseFloat(n);
return n;
}
return 0;
}
//test if numeric
function isNumber(n) {
return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n);
}
I'm not clear how to first test if the value is negative and secondly if negative, replace the value with regex outcome.

Note: Negating classes can really clear up regEx problems, IMO. And no, I don't care what JSLint's opinion on the matter is. Using '.' is slow and clumsy and the rationale given for that particular lint gotcha is absurd.
function convertCurrency(str){
var negMatch = ( str.match(/(^\$-|^-\$|^$\()/g) ), //handles -$5.05 or $-5.05 too
str = str.replace(/[^\d.]/g,''), //anything that's not a digit or decimal point
//gotcha, Europeans use ',' as a decimal point so there's a localization concern
num = parseFloat(str);
if(negMatch){ num *= -1; }
return num;
}

function getMoney (str) {
var amount = str.replace(/(\$)(\()?(\d+\.\d{0,2})\)?/,
function (match, dollar, neg, money) {
var negSign = neg ? "-" : "";
return negSign + money;
}
);
return parseFloat(amount);
}
var str1 = "$(5.50)";
var str2 = "$5.50";
console.log( getMoney(str1) );
console.log( getMoney(str2) );

Adding extra zeros in front of a number using jQuery?

I have file that are uploaded which are formatted like so
MR 1
MR 2
MR 100
MR 200
MR 300
ETC.
What i need to do is add extra two 00s before anything before MR 10 and add one extra 0 before MR10-99
So files are formatted
MR 001
MR 010
MR 076
ETC.
Any help would be great!

Assuming you have those values stored in some strings, try this:
function pad (str, max) {
str = str.toString();
return str.length < max ? pad("0" + str, max) : str;
}
pad("3", 3); // => "003"
pad("123", 3); // => "123"
pad("1234", 3); // => "1234"
var test = "MR 2";
var parts = test.split(" ");
parts[1] = pad(parts[1], 3);
parts.join(" "); // => "MR 002"

I have a potential solution which I guess is relevent, I posted about it here:
https://www.facebook.com/antimatterstudios/posts/10150752380719364
basically, you want a minimum length of 2 or 3, you can adjust how many 0's you put in this piece of code
var d = new Date();
var h = ("0"+d.getHours()).slice(-2);
var m = ("0"+d.getMinutes()).slice(-2);
var s = ("0"+d.getSeconds()).slice(-2);
I knew I would always get a single integer as a minimum (cause hour 1, hour 2) etc, but if you can't be sure of getting anything but an empty string, you can just do "000"+d.getHours() to make sure you get the minimum.
then you want 3 numbers? just use -3 instead of -2 in my code, I'm just writing this because I wanted to construct a 24 hour clock in a super easy fashion.

Note: see Update 2 if you are using latest ECMAScript...
Here a solution I liked for its simplicity from an answer to a similar question:
var n = 123
String('00000' + n).slice(-5); // returns 00123
('00000' + n).slice(-5); // returns 00123
UPDATE
As #RWC suggested you can wrap this of course nicely in a generic function like this:
function leftPad(value, length) {
return ('0'.repeat(length) + value).slice(-length);
}
leftPad(123, 5); // returns 00123
And for those who don't like the slice:
function leftPad(value, length) {
value = String(value);
length = length - value.length;
return ('0'.repeat(length) + value)
}
But if performance matters I recommend reading through the linked answer before choosing one of the solutions suggested.
UPDATE 2
In ES6 the String class now comes with a inbuilt padStart method which adds leading characters to a string. Check MDN here for reference on String.prototype.padStart(). And there is also a padEnd method for ending characters.
So with ES6 it became as simple as:
var n = '123';
n.padStart(5, '0'); // returns 00123
Note: #Sahbi is right, make sure you have a string otherwise calling padStart will throw a type error.
So in case the variable is or could be a number you should cast it to a string first:
String(n).padStart(5, '0');

function addLeadingZeros (n, length)
{
var str = (n > 0 ? n : -n) + "";
var zeros = "";
for (var i = length - str.length; i > 0; i--)
zeros += "0";
zeros += str;
return n >= 0 ? zeros : "-" + zeros;
}
//addLeadingZeros (1, 3) = "001"
//addLeadingZeros (12, 3) = "012"
//addLeadingZeros (123, 3) = "123"

This is the function that I generally use in my code to prepend zeros to a number or string.
The inputs are the string or number (str), and the desired length of the output (len).
var PrependZeros = function (str, len) {
if(typeof str === 'number' || Number(str)){
str = str.toString();
return (len - str.length > 0) ? new Array(len + 1 - str.length).join('0') + str: str;
}
else{
for(var i = 0,spl = str.split(' '); i < spl.length; spl[i] = (Number(spl[i])&& spl[i].length < len)?PrependZeros(spl[i],len):spl[i],str = (i == spl.length -1)?spl.join(' '):str,i++);
return str;
}
};
Examples:
PrependZeros('MR 3',3); // MR 003
PrependZeros('MR 23',3); // MR 023
PrependZeros('MR 123',3); // MR 123
PrependZeros('foo bar 23',3); // foo bar 023

If you split on the space, you can add leading zeros using a simple function like:
function addZeros(n) {
return (n < 10)? '00' + n : (n < 100)? '0' + n : '' + n;
}
So you can test the length of the string and if it's less than 6, split on the space, add zeros to the number, then join it back together.
Or as a regular expression:
function addZeros(s) {
return s.replace(/ (\d$)/,' 00$1').replace(/ (\d\d)$/,' 0$1');
}
I'm sure someone can do it with one replace, not two.
Edit - examples
alert(addZeros('MR 3')); // MR 003
alert(addZeros('MR 23')); // MR 023
alert(addZeros('MR 123')); // MR 123
alert(addZeros('foo bar 23')); // foo bar 023
It will put one or two zeros infront of a number at the end of a string with a space in front of it. It doesn't care what bit before the space is.

Just for a laugh do it the long nasty way....:
(NOTE: ive not used this, and i would not advise using this.!)
function pad(str, new_length) {
('00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000' + str).
substr((50 + str.toString().length) - new_length, new_length)
}

I needed something like this myself the other day, Pud instead of always a 0, I wanted to be able to tell it what I wanted padded ing the front. Here's what I came up with for code:
function lpad(n, e, d) {
var o = ''; if(typeof(d) === 'undefined'){ d='0'; } if(typeof(e) === 'undefined'){ e=2; }
if(n.length < e){ for(var r=0; r < e - n.length; r++){ o += d; } o += n; } else { o=n; }
return o; }
Where n is what you want padded, e is the power you want it padded to (number of characters long it should be), and d is what you want it to be padded with. Seems to work well for what I needed it for, but it would fail if "d" was more than one character long is some cases.

var str = "43215";
console.log("Before : \n string :"+str+"\n Length :"+str.length);
var max = 9;
while(str.length < max ){
str = "0" + str;
}
console.log("After : \n string :"+str+"\n Length :"+str.length);
It worked for me !
To increase the zeroes, update the 'max' variable
Working Fiddle URL : Adding extra zeros in front of a number using jQuery?:

str could be a number or a string.
formatting("hi",3);
function formatting(str,len)
{
return ("000000"+str).slice(-len);
}
Add more zeros if needs large digits

In simple terms we can written as follows,
for(var i=1;i<=31;i++)
i=(i<10) ? '0'+i : i;
//Because most of the time we need this for day, month or amount matters.

Know this is an old post, but here's another short, effective way:
edit: dur. if num isn't string, you'd add:
len -= String(num).length;
else, it's all good
function addLeadingZeros(sNum, len) {
len -= sNum.length;
while (len--) sNum = '0' + sNum;
return sNum;
}

Try following, which will convert convert single and double digit numbers to 3 digit numbers by prefixing zeros.
var base_number = 2;
var zero_prefixed_string = ("000" + base_number).slice(-3);

By adding 100 to the number, then run a substring function from index 1 to the last position in right.
var dt = new Date();
var month = (100 + dt.getMonth()+1).toString().substr(1, 2);
var day = (100 + dt.getDate()).toString().substr(1, 2);
console.log(month,day);
you will got this result from the date of 2020-11-3
11,03
I hope the answer is useful

how to parse string to int in javascript

i want int from string in javascript how i can get them from
test1 , stsfdf233, fdfk323,
are anyone show me the method to get the integer from this string.
it is a rule that int is always in the back of the string.
how i can get the int who was at last in my string

var s = 'abc123';
var number = s.match(/\d+$/);
number = parseInt(number, 10);
The first step is a simple regular expression - \d+$ will match the digits near the end.
On the next step, we use parseInt on the string we've matched before, to get a proper number.

You can use a regex to extract the numbers in the string via String#match, and convert each of them to a number via parseInt:
var str, matches, index, num;
str = "test123and456";
matches = str.match(/\d+/g);
for (index = 0; index < matches.length; ++index) {
num = parseInt(matches[index], 10);
display("Digit series #" + index + " converts to " + num);
}
Live Example
If the numbers really occur only at the ends of the strings or you just want to convert the first set of digits you find, you can simplify a bit:
var str, matches, num;
str = "test123";
matches = str.match(/\d+/);
if (matches) {
num = parseInt(matches[0], 10);
display("Found match, converts to: " + num);
}
else {
display("No digits found");
}
Live example
If you want to ignore digits that aren't at the end, add $ to the end of the regex:
matches = str.match(/\d+$/);
Live example

var str = "stsfdf233";
var num = parseInt(str.replace(/\D/g, ''), 10);

var match = "stsfdf233".match(/\d+$/);
var result = 0; // default value
if(match != null) {
result = parseInt(match[0], 10);
}

Yet another alternative, this time without any replace or Regular Expression, just one simple loop:
function ExtractInteger(sValue)
{
var sDigits = "";
for (var i = sValue.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
var c = sValue.charAt(i);
if (c < "0" || c > "9")
break;
sDigits = c + sDigits;
}
return (sDigits.length > 0) ? parseInt(sDigits, 10) : NaN;
}
Usage example:
var s = "stsfdf233";
var n = ExtractInteger(s);
alert(n);

This might help you
var str = 'abc123';
var number = str.match(/\d/g).join("");

Use my extension to String class :
String.prototype.toInt=function(){
return parseInt(this.replace(/\D/g, ''),10);
}
Then :
"ddfdsf121iu".toInt();
Will return an integer : 121

First positive or negative number:
"foo-22bar11".match(/-?\d+/); // -22

javascript:alert('stsfdf233'.match(/\d+$/)[0])
Global.parseInt with radix is overkill here, regexp extracted decimal digits already and rigth trimmed string