How do I get the last word in a URL that is URL between / and / ?

For example:

Here I would want to get extractMe from the URL.

How do I get the last word in a URL that is URL between / and / ?

For example:

http://mywebsite./extractMe/test

http://mywebsite./extractMe

http://mywebsite./settings/extractMe/test

http://mywebsite./settings/extractMe

Here I would want to get extractMe from the URL.

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If the URL is consistent, why not just use:

// Option 1
var url = "http://mywebsite./extractMe/test";
var extractedText = url.split("/")[3];

​// Option 2
// If when a trailing slash is present you want to return "test", use this code
var url = "http://mywebsite./extractMe/test/";
var urlAry = url.split("/");
var extractedText = urlAry[urlAry.length - 2];

​// Option 3
// If when a trailing slash is present you want to return "extractMe", use this:
var url = "http://mywebsite./extractMe/test/";
var urlAry = url.split("/");
var positionModifier = (url.charAt(url.length-1) == "/") ? 3 : 2;    
var extractedText = urlAry[urlAry.length - positionModifier];

Here's a working fiddle: http://jsfiddle/JamesHill/Arj9B/

it works with / or without it in the end :)

var url = "http://mywebsite./extractMe/test/";    
var m = url.match(/\/([^\/]+)[\/]?$/);

console.log(m[1]);

output: test

This accounts BOTH for URLS like http://mywebsite./extractMe/test and http://mywebsite./extractMe/

function processUrl(url)
{
    var tk = url.split('/');
    var n = tk.length;
    return tk[n-2];
}

Edited.

Regular Expression way:

var str = "http://example./extractMe/test";
var match = str.match(/\/([^\/]+)\/[^\/]+$/);

if (match) {
    console.log(match[1]);
}