backward slash to forward slash using javascript

Question

I want to replace "\" with "/" in a javascript string.

var p = "D:\upload\date\csv\sample.csv";

to:

var p = "D:/upload/date/csv/sample.csv";

But I am getting error in first line itself. "SyntaxError: malformed Unicode character escape sequence".

How to do this ? Please help. Thanks.

Yoshi · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 07:49:07Z

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The first one should be var p = "D:\\upload\\date\\csv\\sample.csv";

A single \ is for escaping (or other stuff). In your case the \upload is a problem because \u would indicate an unicode character.

To replace, use: p = p.replace(/\\/g, '/');

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 7:49

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clyfish · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 07:49:04Z

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var p = 'D:\\upload\\date\\csv\\sample.csv';
p = p.replace(/\\/g, '/');

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 7:49

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neu-rah · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 07:50:22Z

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also

p=p.split("\\").join("/");

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 7:50

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