Remove Extra back slash "\" from string file path in c#

Question

How to convert

"String path = @"C:\Abc\Omg\Why\Me\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\";

into

String path = @"C:\Abc\Omg\Why\Me\".

My approach is to first reverse the string and then remove all the "\" till we get first char, and the reverse it again.

How to do this in C#, is there any method for such operation?

Answer 1

You can just construct path using the Path static class:

string path = Path.GetFullPath(@"C:\Abc\Omg\Why\Me\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\");

After this operation, variable path will contain the minimal version:

C:\Abc\Omg\Why\Me\

Answer 2

You can use path.TrimEnd('\\'). Have a look at the documentation for String.TrimEnd.

If you want the trailing slash, you can add it back easily.