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flaudanum/remove_ending_backslash_winpath.java

Created March 11, 2020 14:42
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Remove ending backslash and trailing space from a Windows path
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remove_ending_backslash_winpath.java
String winPath = "C:\\Users\\f.laudanum\\Documents\\My-Directory\\ ";
String cleanPath;
/* REGEXP pattern: '\\\s*' with doubled backslashes */
Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\\\\\s*$");
Matcher match = pattern.matcher(winPath);
/* Call to find(0) triggers the pattern search from text's start*/
if (match.find(0)) {
cleanPath = match.replaceAll("");
} else {
cleanPath = winPath;
}
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