Replace Characters from string with javascript

Question

I have a string like (which is a shared path)

\\cnyc12p20005c\mkt$\\XYZ\

I need to replace all \\\\ with single slash so that I can display it in textbox. Since it's a shared path the starting \\\\ should not be removed. All others can be removed.

How can I achieve this in JavaScript?

Answer 1

You could do it like this:

var newStr = str.replace(/(.)\\{2}/, "$1\\");

Or this, if you don't like having boobs in your code:

var newStr = "\\" + str.split(/\\{1,2}/).join("\\");

Answer 2

You can use regular expression to achieve this:

var s = '\\\\cnyc12p20005c\\mkt$\\\\XYZ\\';
console.log(s.replace(/.\\\\/g, '\\')); //will output \\cnyc12p20005c\mkt$\XYZ\

Double backslashes are used because backslash is special character and need to be escaped.