Replacing a backslash with a forward slash in Javascript

[Kberg]

In case anyone is interested, this is how I solved the problem of
replacing a back slash with a forward slash (as in being able to access
a document on a file share on an intranet via a browser)

if you cut and paste a path from windows explorer
\\myshare\mydir\mydoc.txt into a form textbox, you can use the
following code to transform it into something usable by a browser:

mytxt = document.myForm.myTextBox.value;
mytxt = mytxt.replace(/\134/g,"/");

\134 is the octal representation of a backslash as a regular
expression. the g is required to replace all instances of the
backslash.

[Martin Honnen]

Kberg wrote:

> mytxt = document.myForm.myTextBox.value;
> mytxt = mytxt.replace(/\134/g,"/");
>
> \134 is the octal representation of a backslash as a regular
> expression. the g is required to replace all instances of the
> backslash.

Why not simply
mytxt = mytxt.replace(/\\/g,"/");
? I am not sure octal escape sequences in regular expression patterns
are standardized and support anywhere.

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Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/