foward slashes and backward slash are confusing

Question

I keep seeing this error:

Error: Cannot find module 'E:\LARRY\FDC\stesh\backend\routes/core/util' What i don`t understand is the the forward slash and back slash.

my code looks like this.

const appRoot = __dirname + '/../../'; var util = require(__dirname + '/../../core/util');

what could be the solution to the forward slash backward menace?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '19 at 15:04

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You could use the .replace function to swap all the path separators in the string.

const appRoot = (__dirname + '/../../').replace("\\","/");

answered Aug 04 '19 at 15:04

Abel

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eol · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-04T15:52:13.537

Backslashes are the platform specific delimiter for file paths on Windows, which is why __dirnamewill yield E:\LARRY\FDC\stesh\backend\routes in your case.

Note that when dealing with paths, you should always use the path module which will ensure cross-platform functionality for all the paths you want to access.

Also you should not pass a direct path to require but a relative path instead (see Node require absolute path for more details).

foward slashes and backward slash are confusing

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