Syntax var names = string.split("\n"), make \r behind element of string field

Question

I'm trying to make a discord bot in js, that will write to the minecraft white-list. When I read whitelist.txt and use string.split ("\n"), for example, a name is created in the field: Name\r. But I don't want this there, did I forget something? Thank you

const names = fs.readFileSync("C:\\Users\\Admin\\Desktop\\pack\\whitelist.txt", {
  encoding: 'utf8'
});

var jmena = names.replace('\r', "").split("\n");

console.log(jmena);

i'd just want to say that you might want to read this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1761051/difference-between-n-and-r — PandaGamersHDNL, Apr 12 '21 at 08:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '21 at 08:32

\r is a carriage return character, and the backslash \ escapes whatever character is after it. So the replace function is looking for a carriage return, but the string would be \\r.

So for you to escape the backslash \ with another backslash.

var jmena = names.replace('\\r', "").split("\n");

Syntax var names = string.split("\n"), make \r behind element of string field

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