Handling forward slash in text

[Brian Lancaster]

I have an if statement where if (report == "string" || report == "string with forward slash in the middle of it).   If the first item is selected with just a string it evaluates correctly but the one with the forward slash in the string fails.   How do I handle this?

[Jace Benson]

When you are messing with \ you will need to use two because it is the escape character.   This however is the backslash.

Try something like this;

//If you value is "String\Test"

if(report == "String\\Test"){

     //matches against String\Test

}

If I have this all wrong, post your actual if statement and the value you're trying to match.

[Brian Lancaster]

Its a forward slash "string/test".   Adding two "sting//test" did not work.

[Jace Benson]

You should not have to escape forward slashes but try matching against, "string\/test".

[Brian Lancaster]

That did not work either