Remove everything after last backslash

Question

var t = \"\\some\\route\\here\"

I need \"\\some\\route\" from it.

Thank you.

Answer 1

As stated in @Archer's answer, you need to double up on the backslashes. I suggest using regex replace to get the string you want:

var t = "\\some\\route\\here";
t = t.replace(/\\[^\\]+$/,"");
alert(t);