Remove all backslashes in Javascript

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How to remove all backslash in a JavaScript string ?

var str = "one thing\\\'s for certain: power blackouts and surges can damage your equipment.";

I want output like

one thing's for certain: power blackouts and surges can damage your equipment.

Update:

I am scrapping data from page with help of JavaScript & displaying on fancy-box popup.

please help me on this

Just for the sake of future generations: those are **backslash** characters. A slash looks like: `/` — Pointy, Apr 23 '13 at 14:00
Does that output come from a database? If so what language are you using there? If so it might be better to remove those backslashes server side — TommyBs, Apr 23 '13 at 14:02

score 66 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '13 at 14:00

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Use a simple regex to solve it

str = str.replace(/\\/g, '')

Demo: Fiddle

answered Apr 23 '13 at 14:00

Arun P Johny

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it gives output like one thing\\'s for certain: power blackouts and surges can damage your equipment. just removed 1 slash form 3 – user2046091 Apr 23 '13 at 14:02
@user2046091: Your example has only one backslash in the string (and two only for escaping in the literal, of whom one is unnecessary)? – Bergi Apr 23 '13 at 14:04
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@j08691 it is because there is only one instance of `\ ` in the page, if there are multiple instances then `g` flag is required – Arun P Johny Apr 23 '13 at 14:04
@ArunPJohny - doesn't \\ escape the \, meaning it's only looking for a single \? – j08691 Apr 23 '13 at 14:06
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As pointed out by @Pointy those are backslashes: to remove **slashes** instead it should be `str = str.replace(/\//g,'')` – caneta May 22 '15 at 14:23

score 14 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 12 '17 at 10:10

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This is the answer according to the title as the title is "Remove all slashes in Javascript" not backslashes. So here is the code to remove all the slashes from a string in JavaScript.

str = '/mobiles-phones/.png';
str.replace(/\//g, "")//output would be "mobiles-phones.png";

answered Sep 12 '17 at 10:10

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..except those aren't backslashes ;) – Bangkokian Mar 11 '19 at 09:49
The title is changed now. Good – Safeer Ahmed Mar 12 '19 at 10:18

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 23 '13 at 14:01

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Regexs are great str.replace(/\\/g,'')

answered Apr 23 '13 at 14:01

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score -3 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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How do I do string replace in JavaScript to convert ‘9.61’ to ‘9:61’?

var str = "one thing\\\'s for certain: power blackouts and surges can damage your equipment.";

str.replace("\", "");

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Apr 23 '13 at 14:00

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jQuery... seriously? There should be no mentions of jQuery anywhere near this question! Plus, you have a syntax error. – James Allardice Apr 23 '13 at 14:01
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Did you try that? And OP did not ask for jQuery. – Bergi Apr 23 '13 at 14:02

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