Can you give an example source string and how you would want it to look? Or a couple so that I don't just look at a single instance?
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Middleweek <nick@...> wrote: > > Hi Valdor, > > Thanks for the reply, I've just tried this code but no joy... :( > > var doubleSlash : RegExp = /\\\\\\\\/g; > var slash : RegExp = /\\\\/; > winMessage = winMessage.replace( doubleSlash, slash ); > > I'm sure it's easy when you know how :) > > > Nick > > > > On 8 November 2011 19:24, valdhor <valdhorlists@...> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > As I understand it the backslash character is special in both the regex > > and the replacement string, so it has to be double escaped in both places. > > That means, for every single backslash you want to match or insert, you > > have to put *four* backslashes in the regex or replacement string. > > > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Nick Middleweek <nick@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm trying to replace a double slash with a single slash and am having a > > > little trouble, has anyone done this before? > > > > > > Here's what I've got thus far... > > > > > > var doubleSlash : RegExp = /(\\)(\\)/g; > > > var slash : RegExp = /(\\)/; > > > > > > winMessage = winMessage.replace( doubleSlash, slash ); > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > >
