How to get the file name from a full path using JavaScript?

Question

Is there a way that I can get the last value (based on the \'\\\' symbol) from a full path?

Example:

C:\\Documents and Settings\\img\\recycled log.jpg<

Answer 1

This solution is much simpler and generic, for both 'file name' and 'path'.

const str = 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\img\\recycled log.jpg';

// regex to split path to two groups '(.*[\\\/])' for path and '(.*)' for file name
const regexPath = /^(.*[\\\/])(.*)$/;

// execute the match on the string str
const match = regexPath.exec(str);
if (match !== null) {
    // we ignore the match[0] because it's the match for the hole path string
    const filePath = match[1];
    const fileName = match[2];
}