remove duplicate forward slashes from the URL

Question

How can I remove duplicate forward slashes from the a url, but keep the // which comes after http: so that the URL does not break.

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Answer 1

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var str = 'http://localhost//example/author/admin///';    
var clean_url = str.replace(/([^:])(\/\/+)/g, '$1/');

alert(clean_url);

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