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javascriptasp.netstringreplace
user339160
user339160

Reputation:

Replace Characters from string with javascript

I have a string like (which is a shared path)

\\cnyc12p20005c\mkt$\\XYZ\

I need to replace all \\ with single slash so that I can display it in textbox. Since it's a shared path the starting \\ should not be removed. All others can be removed.

How can I achieve this in JavaScript?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1050

Answers (2)

Andy E
Andy E

Reputation: 344605

You could do it like this:

var newStr = str.replace(/(.)\\{2}/, "$1\\");

Or this, if you don't like having boobs in your code:

var newStr = "\\" + str.split(/\\{1,2}/).join("\\");

Upvotes: 4

bjornd
bjornd

Reputation: 22943

You can use regular expression to achieve this: 

var s = '\\\\cnyc12p20005c\\mkt$\\\\XYZ\\';
console.log(s.replace(/.\\\\/g, '\\')); //will output \\cnyc12p20005c\mkt$\XYZ\

Double backslashes are used because backslash is special character and need to be escaped.

Upvotes: 0

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