You don't *have* to create a regexp object in order to use regular
expressions:
Var s = "pooString"
S.replace( /poo/, "pee" )
I find this more legible than all the crap wraparound stuff in the MS docs.
You can also say:
Re = /poo/g;
And in your example:
Re = /\\/;
Will work.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of brad
> Sent: 25-October-2005 18:08
> To: xsi(at)Softimage.COM
> Subject: Slashing back at RegExp
>
> In jscript, the following raises an error:
>
> re = new RegExp("\\");
>
> And so does this:
>
> var str = "C:\\";
> re = new RegExp(str);
>
>
> I have a workaround that gets the job done, but I was
> wondering if anyone has figured out a way to instantiate the
> RegExp object for backslashes.
>
>
> Cheers!
> -Brad
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