Replace all backslashes in a string with a pipe

Question

I have the string: \rnosapmdwq\salesforce\R3Q\OutputFiles\Archive

I'm getting a unrecognized escape sequence when I try to send this to a .NET web service.

I'm trying to replace all of the "\" with "|" to send it to the server.

I know I can use the replace method but that only replaces the first element. I think I need to use a regular expression to solve it.

Here's what I have so far:

Path = Path.replace("\\/g", "|");

This is wrong though.

are backslashes in the original string escaped, i.e. `"\\rnosapmdwq\\sales..."`? — jches, Aug 10 '11 at 17:37

score 51 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 10 '11 at 17:36

51

You don't need to make a regex a string, and it helps having that first / in there

Path = Path.replace(/\\/g, "|")

edited Aug 10 '11 at 17:36

Matt

answered Aug 10 '11 at 17:35

Griffin

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 10 '11 at 17:43

6

The correct syntax would be: Path = Path.replace(/\\/g, "|");

Example (extra code for demonstration purposes only):

var Path = $("#path").text();
Path  = Path.replace(/\\/g, "|");
$("#new-path").append(Path);

edited Aug 10 '11 at 17:43

Matt

answered Aug 10 '11 at 17:39

Robert

Yeah, I actually noticed that after I posted my solution. I'm so used to having to replace forward slashes when submitting paths into a database. – Robert Aug 10 '11 at 17:42

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