javascript - Double backslash prints the same in node

Question

I want to create a directory string variable which is '.appsrcalgorithms' to use it in exec function in node on Windows Platform. However, it doesn not work properly even use double backslashes in the string. Here is my try;

λ node
> directory =  '.appsrcalgorithms';
'.appsrcalgorithms'
> directory =  '.\app\src\algorithms';
'.\app\src\algorithms'

Answer 1

I think the best way to handle platform independent work with path is using path module. E.g.

var path = require('path');
var directory = path.join('.', 'app', 'src', 'algorithms')