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Regex escape forward-slash JavaScript | HTML example code

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We should double for a backslash escape a forward slash / in a regular expression.

alert( "1\\2".match(/\\/) ); // '\'

A backslash \ is used to denote character classes, e.g. \d. So it’s a special character in regular expression (just like in regular strings).

A slash symbol '/' is not a special character, but in JavaScript, it is used to open and close the RegEx: /...pattern.../, so we should escape it too.

Regex escape forward-slash JavaScript Example

HTML example code.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

  <script>
    myString = '/courses/test/user';
    myString = myString.replace(/<br\/\>/g,'\n');
    console.log(myString);
  </script>
</body>
</html>

Output:

Regex escape forward-slash JavaScript

Note: The All JS Examples codes are tested on the Firefox browser and the Chrome browser.

OS: Windows 10

Code: HTML 5 Version

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