Split Javascript string containing single backslash to two strings

Question

Consider this below string in JavaScript:

"TEST NAME\TEST ADDRESS"

(it contains only one "\" which cannot be changed).

Now, this above string needs to be split into two string by "\" char.

Resulting strings:

"TEST NAME"
"TEST ADDRESS"

How, can this be done in JavaScript?

string.split("/") where string is a variable that contains your text, that will return an array — Ahmad, Nov 05 '13 at 08:05
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/split — bjb568, Nov 05 '13 at 08:06
@Juhana for a second I thought Im writing another syntax but fixed it :) — Ahmad, Nov 05 '13 at 08:07
possible duplicate of [How do I split this string with JavaScript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/96428/how-do-i-split-this-string-with-javascript) — JJJ, Nov 05 '13 at 08:07
use split() `var a = "TEST NAME/TEST ADDRESS".split('/'); alert(a[0] + 'and ' + a[1]);` — Tamil Selvan C, Nov 05 '13 at 08:07
@Ahmad Fair enough, although regex is rather overkill in this case — JJJ, Nov 05 '13 at 08:07
Have you actually searched for `split string in javascript` with your favorite search engine? — Felix Kling, Nov 05 '13 at 08:08
possible duplicate of [How to use split?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2555794/how-to-use-split) — Felix Kling, Nov 05 '13 at 08:11
Sorry guys, I meant a "BACK SLASH" in the question, but, by mistake, used "FORWARD SLASH". I want answer for "BACK SLASH" — Smart B0y, Nov 05 '13 at 08:21
"FILEUPLOADS\TravelOCity_sri\src\com\travelocityapp22\commonmodule\dto" how to split the above string using '\' ? — rolling stone, May 26 '15 at 13:05

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 08:08

15

Do like this:

var str = "TEST NAME/TEST ADDRESS";
var res = str.split("/");

You will get first part on res[0] and second part on res[1].

answered Nov 05 '13 at 08:08

Md. Al-Amin

3

Please give solution for "BACKSLASH" – Smart B0y Nov 05 '13 at 08:23
@PriteshPatel Try var str = "TEST NAME\\TEST ADDRESS"; var res = str.split("\\"); – Md. Al-Amin Nov 05 '13 at 08:31
@NDM Now I understand what do you mean by Vampire. – Md. Al-Amin Nov 05 '13 at 08:32
@Al-Amin, the problem is that the source contains only Single Backslash. – Smart B0y Nov 06 '13 at 01:44
@PriteshPatel: `"\\"` creates a string with a single backslash. Since the backslash is the [escape character](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character), it has to be escaped. – Felix Kling Nov 06 '13 at 15:38

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '13 at 08:09

5

var mystring = 'TEST NAME/TEST ADDRESS';
var splittable = mystring.split('/');
string1 = splittable[0];
string2 = splittable[1];

answered Nov 05 '13 at 08:09

Beastoukette

7

Please give solution for "BACKSLASH". – Smart B0y Nov 05 '13 at 08:23
3

incase anyone still looking for the backslash solution str.split("\\"); – bhspencer Jul 03 '17 at 13:58

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 22 '19 at 18:33

5

var str = "TEST NAME\\TEST ADDRESS"; // Show: TEST NAME\TEST ADDRESS
console.log(str);
var res = str.split("\\");
console.log(res);

answered Dec 22 '19 at 18:33

Sky Voyager

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 10 '19 at 07:04

For Backslash or For URL or For Path:

If Suppose, we are getting path like below:

C:\fakepath\yourImage.jpeg

If you want to take filename alone,

var scanImagePath = C:\fakepath\yourImage.jpeg;
choosedFileName = scanImagePath.substring(scanImagePath.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1, scanImagePath.length);

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