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Split string of folder path

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If I have a file path such as:

var/www/parent/folder

How would I go about removing the last folder to return:

var/www/parent

The folders could have any names, I'm quite happy using regex.

Thanks in advance.

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answered 10 Years ago bobbyw · Accepted Answer

Use the following regular expression to match the last directory part, and replace it with empty string.

//[^/]+$/

'var/www/parent/folder'.replace(//[^/]+$/, '')

// => var/www/parent

UPDATE

If the path ends with /, the above expression will not match the path. If you want to remove the last part of the such path, you need to use folloiwng pattern (to match optional last /):

'var/www/parent/folder/'.replace(//[^/]+/?$/, '')

// => var/www/parent