Use regex to check the substring. Set your regex value (var testo = /^[-+]?[0-9]+$/;) and use the match method or similar to test the result ( https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/match ) Best regards, *Jason Bengtson* *http://www.jasonbengtson.com/ <http://www.jasonbengtson.com/>* On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Mark Pernotto <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Without any more information, you could do something along these lines: > > var string = '99999-0123'; > var newstring = string.slice(0,-5); > > But that won't take into account if the first 5 numbers are, in fact, > numeric. Should the numeric check occur prior to the string slicing? > > Mark > > > On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 8:47 AM, Zhu, Kaile NAF USARMY IMCOM HQ (US) < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED > > > > Anybody can help me with such JavaScript code that can chop the ending > > portion of the string - last 5 characters - verifying if it is all > numbers > > (zip code)? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Kelly Zhu > > > > CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED > > >