Removing backslashes from strings in javascript

Question

I have a url in this format:

http:\/\/example.example.ru\/u82651140\/audio\/song.mp3

How can I remove the extra "\"s from the string? I have tried string.replace("\","") but that does not seem to do anything. If you could give me a JavaScript regular expression that will catch this, that would also work too. I just need to be able capture this string when it is inside another string.

One might wonder about why someone would have such a problem. — Pointy
– Pointy, Commented Feb 2, 2011 at 4:30
stackoverflow.com/a/78921922/714707 - This answer with multiple solutions might help you — Surya R Praveen
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Pointy · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 04:29:19Z

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Try

str = str.replace(/\\/g, '');

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 4:29

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Ateş Göral · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 04:29:54Z

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Try:

string.replace(/\\\//g, "/");

This will specifically match the "\/" pattern so that you don't unintentionally remove any other backslashes that there may be in the URL (e.g. in the hash part).

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alper Over a year ago

This does not fork if there is /" inside the string @Ates Goral

Tomasz Plonka Over a year ago

Does not work: try the string "corp\thomas". Will remove "\t".

Ateş Göral Over a year ago

@TomaszPlonka You might be getting the impression that it's removing it because \t is the escape sequence for the tab character.

Ateş Göral Over a year ago

@alper We're trying to remove backslashes (\) though. This is a forward slash: /.

alper Over a year ago

ah sorry for misguiding

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bhowden · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-28 21:38:57Z

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from: http://knowledge-serve.blogspot.com/2012/08/javascript-remove-all-backslash-from.html

function replaceAllBackSlash(targetStr){
    var index=targetStr.indexOf("\\");
    while(index >= 0){
        targetStr=targetStr.replace("\\","");
        index=targetStr.indexOf("\\");
    }
    return targetStr;
}

answered Jan 28, 2014 at 21:38

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S Gabale · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-21 15:52:27Z

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Join Two Portions of a Path using
    function join(port1, port2) {
        let p1 = port1.split('/').join('');
        let p2 = port2.split('/').join('');
        let np = p1 + '/' +  p2;
        return np;
    }
    console.log(join("port1/", "/port2"))

answered May 21, 2022 at 15:52

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Eyni Kave · Accepted Answer · 2023-06-02 15:13:22Z

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"tset\ string \with backslash".split('\\').join('');

'tset string with backslash'

answered Jun 2, 2023 at 15:13

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