Question

How to remove string trailing path separator in Node.js

Answer 1

const removeTrailingSeparator = (path) => path.replace(/[\/\\]$/, '');
 
console.log(removeTrailingSeparator('path/project/src'));
console.log(removeTrailingSeparator('path\\project\\src')); 
 
 
     
/*
run:
     
path/project/src
path\project\src
     
*/

 

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Answer 2

const removeTrailingSeparator = (path) => {
    if (path.endsWith('/') || path.endsWith('\\')) {
        return path.slice(0, -1);
    }
 
    return path;
};
 
console.log(removeTrailingSeparator('path/project/src'));
console.log(removeTrailingSeparator('path\\project\\src')); 
 
 
     
/*
run:
     
path/project/src
path\project\src
     
*/

 

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Answer 3

const removeTrailingSeparator = (path) => {
    const lastChar = path[path.length - 1];
 
    return (lastChar === '/' || lastChar === '\\') ? path.slice(0, -1) : path;
};
 

console.log(removeTrailingSeparator('path/project/src'));
console.log(removeTrailingSeparator('path\\project\\src')); 
 
 
     
/*
run:
     
path/project/src
path\project\src
     
*/

 

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