How to get folder name from string?

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How do I get the folder name in a string? for example my string would look like this:
C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\Manga\Batch\Beware the Villainess! (Digital) (1r0n)\Beware the Villainess! v01 (2024) (Digital) (1r0n).cbz I want to get the folder name so the output should be Beware the Villainess! (Digital) (1r0n)
I tried using the javascript split function but it doesn’t seem to be valid syntax in n8n

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Information on your n8n setup

  • **n8n version:1.89.2
  • **Database (default: SQLite):default
  • **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):default
  • **Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app):npm
  • **Operating system:Windows Server 2022
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Hi @Ruriko

Didn’t know .at() was an option. :grin:
I always use .slice(-1)[0] and that does work.
Can also use .pop() and such. No idea why .at() isn’t working.

Correction: it is working with .at()
The \ is a special character though so it is probably not working with that, you can use \ to escape it. try \\ that should work

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I tried the slice method but it doesn’t give folder name

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Please look at the rest of my post. You need to escape the character

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Try like this

const path = "C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Manga\\Batch\\Beware the Villainess! (Digital) (1r0n)\\Beware the Villainess! v01 (2024) (Digital) (1r0n).cbz";

// Split the path into parts
const parts = path.split("\\"); 

// Get the second-last item (folder name)
const folderName = parts[parts.length - 2];

console.log(folderName);
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In case you don’t have this working yet, here’s a working version of what @BramKn suggested (re: dealing with the escaped back-slash).

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