Backslashes are getting removed from string

Question

Javascript removes back slashes from string.

var a='https:\\abc\qwe.com';
console.log(a);
var b=encodeURI(a);
console.log(b);
var c='https:\\\abc\\qwe.com';
console.log(c);
var d='https:\\\\abc\\qwe.com';
console.log(d);

Is there any way to get Javascript to not remove the backslashes in the console.log input strings?

in my case url is pointing to some machine address, so it needs backslash in url — Pawan Kumar, Jan 16 '18 at 09:23
No you don't. It's either an URI or an UNC path, you can't combine them like that. If you want to create a clickable link/URI, you want to have a `file://` url with slashes instead of backslashes, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1369147/linking-a-unc-network-drive-on-an-html-page — huysentruitw, Jan 16 '18 at 09:51

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '18 at 08:08

In JavaScript (and other languages) the backslash \ is used as an escape character, f.e. to be able to get a double quote in your string: "\"". (Read more here under Escape notation)

The side effect is that, if you want a backslash in your string, you need a double backslash: "\\" results in \.

This said, URL's use slashes instead of backslashes: "https://abc/qwe"

If you're looking for URL encoding, use the encodeURI or encodeURIComponent function.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '18 at 08:09

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You are using backslashes, not slashes(/). They are used to escape special symbols (and the backslash itself). You do not need them to write URLs, actually.

answered Jan 16 '18 at 08:09

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Backslashes are getting removed from string

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