string match inside a var ? How to

string match inside a var ? How to

Hi, i currently have a problem which i cant resolve and i cant seem to find a solution (i actually not sure what to look for). My jquery level is medium-low and im trying to take it to a higher level right now.

I have a var which holds a href value. However i only need part of the string.

var fileurl would be for example : http://somewebsite.com/admin.php?page=browsing&action=download&selfile=/home/website/file.jpg&_code=9999999999

I know this structure in the href wont change. So i need to remove eveything before selfile= (included), and everything after &_code= (included aswell)

the only important information i need is:    /home/website/file.jpg

Im trying to use, for example:

  1. fileurl = fileurl.replace( /?.*/ , '' );

But i cant seem to get the correct expression. Can anyone please help me?

Thanks in advance for any help!