Way to affirm path string type based on operating system

Question

I'm running a test on different operating systems and I'm expecting a path format to come back with posix.

Here's the kind of error I'm getting:

Uncaught AssertionError: expected "..\\foo.txt" to equal "../foo.txt"

How can I affirm a path like posixAffirm("../foo.txt") and have it render out a dynamic correct path format string based on windows or posix.

What do you mean by "affirm"? Can you edit your question to include some examples of the input and the desired output? — Jordan Running, Aug 04 '15 at 04:03

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 05 '15 at 09:09

This is piece of TypeScript code that I use:

class StringUtils {
  // SiwachGaurav's version from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1144783/replacing-all-occurrences-of-a-string-in-javascript
  static replaceAll(str: string, find: string, replace: string): string {
    return str.replace(new RegExp(find.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g,'\\$&'),'g'), replace);
  }

  // Returns file path with OS-native slashes
  static toNativePath(str: string): string {
    var os = ExternalInterfaces.require_os();
    if (os.platform() == "win32")
      // Convert Unix to Windows
      return StringUtils.replaceAll(str, "/", "\\");
    else
      // Convert Windows to Unix
      return StringUtils.replaceAll(str, "\\", "/");
  }

  // Returns file path with POSIX-style slashes
  static toPosixPath(str: string): string {
    // Convert Windows to Unix
    return StringUtils.replaceAll(str, "\\", "/");
  }
}

Check if two paths point to the same

StringUtils.toPosixPath("..\\foo.txt") == StringUtils.toPosixPath("../foo.txt")
Pass path to a node.js file I/O

StringUtils.toNativePath("../foo.txt")

StringUtils.toNativePath("..\\foo.txt")

Way to affirm path string type based on operating system

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