Double backslash prints the same in node

Question

I want to create a directory string variable which is \'.\\app\\src\\algorithms\' to use it in exec function in node on Windows Platform. However, it doesn not work properly ev

Answer 1

I think the best way to handle platform independent work with path is using path module. E.g.

var path = require('path');
var directory = path.join('.', 'app', 'src', 'algorithms')

Answer 2

What you have is fine. Internally it's stored as a double backlash because that's how escaping backslashes works in JS strings. The node REPL is showing you the actual value. When you use it, it should render correctly.

> directory = '.\\app\\src\\algorithms';
'.\\app\\src\\algorithms'
> console.log(directory)
.\app\src\algorithms
> exec('explorer.exe ' + directory); //works