How to get the complete second occurence of the string separated by . using javascript

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Hello All,

I need a help where i want to get the first half and second half of a value from a string from an output.

Example:

 I have a variable name= abc.hgl.knl;

i want the output as abc_need_to change.hgl.knl where i need to insert a custom string inbewteen the abc and hgl.

Any helpful answers will be appreciated.

Thanks

Sai

[Brad Bowman · Accepted solution]

If you mean the variable has the value of abc.hgl.knl and you want to change the value to something like abc_need_to change.hgl.knl, strictly following this format you can split on the period, append the first element, then rejoin:

var myString = 'abc.hgl.knl';
var myNewString = '_need_to change';
var myStringArr = myString.split('.');
myStringArr[0] += myNewString;
myString = myStringArr.join('.');
gs.print(myString);

You can combine a few of these lines - I showed each to make it easier to follow...