javascript - Slice a string from second space to a special character? -

var name_rawstring = 'a. john doe-john (class of 2010)'; 

i'm trying extract substring occuring after second space , before (. in case: "doe-john".

so far i've tried:

var getstr = name_rawstring.slice(name_rawstring.substr(0, name_rawstring.indexof(' ', name_rawstring.indexof(' ') + 1)), name_rawstring.indexof(' (')); 

and

var strsplit = name_rawstring.split(' '); var getstr = name_rawstring.slice(name_rawstring.indexof(strsplit[1]) + 1)), name_rawstring.indexof(' (')); 

you give regular expressions try:

name_rawstring.match(/^(?:\s+\s){2}(.+?) \(/)[1]; 

or, if prefer more verbose solution:

var haystack = 'a. john doe-john (class of 2010)';  var firstspaceindex = haystack.indexof(' '); var secondspaceindex = haystack.indexof(' ', firstspaceindex + 1); var openparenindex = haystack.indexof('(');  var needle = haystack.slice(secondspaceindex + 1, openparenindex - 1);