Strip File Extensions

Javascript to strip last 4 characters?

[Revata]

I'm building a page with a media player and playlist. On each playlist item i have a 'play' link that fires off a load command and a play command to the player.

I also have a "Now Playing" Div that listens for a new file to start and displays the filename. So it would display, "Now Playing: video.flv" or something like that.

My question is, is there a way to write some Javascript inline that will strip the extension off of the video's file name?

Here's the 'now playing' script:

<script type="text/javascript">
 var player = null;
 function playerReady(obj)
 {
 player = gid(obj.id);
 displayFirstItem();
 };
 function itemMonitor(obj)
 {
 gid('nowplaying').innerHTML = '<span class="style1">Now Playing: ' + player.getPlaylist()[obj.index].file + '</span>'; 
 };
 function displayFirstItem()
 {
 if(player.getPlaylist())
 { 
  itemMonitor({index:0});
  player.addControllerListener('ITEM', 'itemMonitor');
 }
 else
 {
  setTimeout("displayFirstItem()",100);
 }
 };
 function gid(name)
 {
 return document.getElementById(name);
 };
 </script>

[daveVk]

Try

player.getPlaylist()[obj.index].file.split('.')[0]

to display up to first '.'

[Revata]

Perfect! Works like a charm. Thank you thank you!