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# Get Substring between two characters using javascript (ok)

https\://stackoverflow\.com/questions/14867835/get-substring-between-two-characters-using-javascript

Current

```
Str = 'MyLongString:StringIWant;'
```

Desired Output

```
newStr = 'StringIWant'
```

### Answers

```
var mySubString = str.substring(
    str.lastIndexOf(":") + 1, 
    str.lastIndexOf(";")
);
```