JavaScript regex with escaped slashes does not replace

Question

Do i have to escape slashes when putting them into regular expression?

myString = \'/courses/test/user\';
myString.replace(/\\/courses\\/([^\\/]*)\\/.*/, \"$         


        

Answer 1

Note, that you don't have to escape / if you use new RegExp() constructor:

console.log(new RegExp("a/b").test("a/b"))