Decode url string in javascript give empty string

Question

I have this string:

http:\/\/www.emptyurl.com\/

And i want to change the url to :

http://www.emptyurl.com/

With :

url = url.replace(/\\//gi, "/");

But it give me empty string.

Any idea how i can fix it?

Possible duplicate of Removing backslashes from strings in javascript — Gaslan
– Gaslan, Commented Feb 28, 2019 at 10:29

Sagar · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-28 09:48:39Z

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You can use decodeURIComponent()

var url = 'http:\/\/www.emptyurl.com\/';
url = decodeURIComponent(url);
console.log(url);

answered Feb 28, 2019 at 9:48

Sagar

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Please notice <> icon in editor. You can make a snippet using that