I have a string
var str = "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules"
I want to replace the "C:\Program Files\" part with a hyperlink part "https://" so that the final outcome is
"https://nodejs/node_modules"
The first step to replace the slases with regex I already did it with
replace(/\\\\/gi,"/")
hence it became
"C:/Program Files/nodejs/node_modules"
So, the regex for the final outcome ,am facing difficulties.
You might use 2 capture groups:
^[A-Z]+:\\(?:[^\\\n]*\\)*([^\\\n]+)\\([^\\\n]+)$
^ Start of string[A-Z]+:\\ Match 1+ chars A-Z : and \(?:[^\\\n]*\\)* Optional repetitions of any char except \ ad then match \([^\\\n]+) Capture group 1 Match optional chars other than \\\ Match \([^\\\n]+) Capture group 2 the same as for capture group 1$ End of stringAnd replace with
https://$1/$2
See a regex demo.
const regex = /^[A-Z]:\\(?:[^\\\n]*\\)*([^\\\n]+)\\([^\\\n]+)$/gm;
const str = `C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules`;
const result = str.replace(regex, `https://$1/$2`);
console.log(result);Find
^[A-Z]:\/[^\/]+(.*)
Replace
https:/$1