jQuery.mobile.path.get()   jQuery.mobile.path.get( url )Returns: Boolean   Description: Utility method for determining the directory portion of an URL.  jQuery.mobile.path.get( url )  url Type: String     Utility method for determining the directory portion of an URL. If the URL has no trailing slash, the last component of the URL is considered to be a file. This function returns the directory portion of a given URL.  Example:
 Various uses of jQuery.mobile.path.get <!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>jQuery.mobile.path.get demo</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css">
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
  <script src="//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"></script>
  <style>
  #myResult{
    border: 1px solid;
    border-color: #108040;
    padding: 10px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
 
  <div role="main" class="ui-content">
    <input type="button" value="http://foo.com/a/file.html" id="button1" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="http://foo.com/a/" id="button2" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="http://foo.com/a" id="button3" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="//foo.com/a/file.html" id="button4" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="/a/file.html" id="button5" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="file.html" id="button6" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="/file.html" id="button7" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="?a=1&b=2" id="button8" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <input type="button" value="#foo" id="button9" class="myButton" data-inline="true">
    <div id="myResult">The result will be displayed here</div>
  </div>
 
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
 
   $( ".myButton" ).on( "click", function() {
 
      var dirName = $.mobile.path.get( $( this ).attr( "value" ) );
 
    $( "#myResult" ).html( String( dirName ) );
 })
});
</script>
 
</body>
</html> Demo:   

    
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