I want to replace the "/" into "\/" using javascript.
for example:
http://www.freeformatter.com/javascript-escape.html
to
http:\/\/www.freeformatter.com\/javascript-escape.html
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In what context are you using this? Are you trying to manually escape JavaScript strings?jwueller– jwueller2015-09-03 21:15:07 +00:00Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 21:15
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You can do:
str.replace(/\//g, "\\/");
where str is the variable that holds the string value.
answered Sep 3, 2015 at 21:12
Cristian Lupascu
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use replace:
"http:/www.freeformatter.com/javascript-escape.html".replace(/\//g, "\\/");
If you have the string in a variable:
var url = "http:/www.freeformatter.com/javascript-escape.html";
url.replace(/\//g, "\\/");
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Temuujin Dev
right now, this outputs "http:\\/www.freeformatter.com\\/javascript-escape.html" instead of "http:\/\/www.freeformatter.com\/javascript-escape.html". What i need to get "http:\/\/www.freeformatter.com\/javascript-escape.html".
You could use str.replace() and a Regular expression object here. Basically you just need to escape the escape character in your replacement string.
str = str.replace(new RegExp('/','g'),"\\/");
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Joshua Dwire
Consider expanding your answer to explain to the asker why this achieves the desired result, possibly linking to documentation. As is, this is only marginally useful.