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.

Answer 1

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

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

Answer 2

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

Working example at: http://jsfiddle.net/eDKej/.

Example (extra code for demonstration purposes only):

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