<P>But he wants to split based on \, not on /.
<P>txt.split("\\") escapes the second \ character, just as
<P>txt.split("\"") escapes the " character so you can split on it... not that you would, but there it is.
<P>As for working in different browsers... ah, that's the joy of web development.
<P>-Peter
<P> <B><I>Carl Adler <carl@carladler.org></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Actually var t=txt.split("\")<BR>> |works for me using Netscape 4.7 and IE 5.1 on the Mac and IE 5.5 on Windows<BR>ME. If "\" was a problem I think that you would use "\/" not "//"<BR>Carl<BR><BR>> From: "Peter Brunone" <PETER@BRUNONE.COM><BR>> Organization: Your Name Here<BR>> Reply-To: javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 17:40:46 -0600<BR>> To: <JAVASCRIPT@LATECH.EDU><BR>> Subject: RE: [Javascript] Split<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> var t=txt.split("\\")<BR>> <BR>> |-----Original Message-----<BR>> |From: javascript-admin@LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin@LaTech.edu]On<BR>> |Behalf Of Andrew Gibson<BR>> |Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:23 AM<BR>> |To: javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> |Subject: [Javascript] Split<BR>> |<BR>> |<BR>> |I'm trying to use split to separate out a file name from the complete<BR>> |string.<BR>> |<BR>> |from<BR>> |<BR>> | var txt="C:\Copy\new.html"<BR>> |<BR>> | I want to get "new.html"<BR>> |<BR>> |Whenever I try to use "\" I get a Unterminated String variable error<BR>> | eg var t=txt.split("\")<BR>> |<BR>> |Obviously the problem is in trying to use the "\" character which is an<BR>> |escape char for JScript I beleive. But how can I solve my problem?<BR>> |<BR>> |Andrew<BR>> |<BR>> |<BR>> |_______________________________________________<BR>> |Javascript mailing list<BR>> |Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> |https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR>> |<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Javascript mailing list<BR>> Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>> https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR>> <BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Javascript mailing list<BR>Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>https://lists.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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