Copy to clipboard html with back slash

Question

I'm trying to create a button that when clicked will copy a text to clipboard.

<button onclick="copyToClipboard('A\B\C\D')">Click here</button>

but when using this approach, the text copied to the clipboard is:

ABCD

instead of

A\B\C\D

Can someone help here please?

Double the slashes: `"A\\B"`. Also read on "backslash escape sequences" — Sergio Tulentsev, Dec 22 '17 at 11:36
Check out [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/3903661/6313073). — Angel Politis, Dec 22 '17 at 11:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:38

1

You can try:

<button onclick="copyToClipboard('A\\B\\C\\D')">Click here</button>

or

<button onclick="copyToClipboard('A/B/C/D')">Click here</button>

and see if any of the two will work for your task.

answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:38

Borislav Aymaliev

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:40

0

\ is the JavaScript escape character. To use a backslash use \\.

answered Dec 22 '17 at 11:40

Zeronull

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