Given the following test cases:

1. res/js/test
2. res\js\test
3. res/js\test
4. res\js/test

How can I split a string by either forward slash or backslash? My attempt works when the string is only backslashes(test case 1) but doesn't work for forward slashes or a mixture of both (test cases 2, 3, 4).

test.split(/[\\\/]/);

Here's my fiddled attempt

Given the following test cases:

1. res/js/test
2. res\js\test
3. res/js\test
4. res\js/test

How can I split a string by either forward slash or backslash? My attempt works when the string is only backslashes(test case 1) but doesn't work for forward slashes or a mixture of both (test cases 2, 3, 4).

test.split(/[\\\/]/);

Here's my fiddled attempt

• javascript
• regex
• split

2 Answers 2

Your string does not contain any backslashes, but esaped \j, and \t wich is the value for tab. Your Code is correct, but your input is not, use this:

var test = [
    'res/js/test',
    'res\\js\\test',
    'res/js\\test',
    'res\\js/test'
    ];

Only a escaped backslash will make a backslash in a string '\\'

This is what I ended up doing.

I replaced all backslashes with forward slashes before splitting by forward slash.

test.replace(/\\/g, '/').split('/');