JavaScript matches current url versus wildcard string?

Question

I'm trying to match the following line:

http://*/*/checkout

to this url:

http://www.url.com/sub-folder/checkout

Ultimately what I am trying to do is find a way to render my JavaScript widget on specific pages, allowing conditions like above to be added.

How can I use a string to find out if the current url is the same?

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Laine 10 Feb 13 at 10:06

1 answer

Blender · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-10T10:09:46+0000

Use a regular expression:

> /^http:\/\/.*?\/.*?\/checkout$/.test('http://www.url.com/sub-folder/checkout')
true

Here's a more readable version:

RegExp('^http://.*?/.*?/checkout$').test('http://www.url.com/sub-folder/checkout')