How do I escape this \ character in jQuery?

Question

I want to use this following in jQuery

:contains("C:\ My Name")

How do I escape the escape character?

Answer 1

Use a double backslash. Also, you probably want to remove the leading space from " My Name" as that is not a valid path.

:contains("C:\\My Name")

Answer 2

Use a double \\ to get a single, like this:

:contains("C:\\ My Name")

You can test it here. You can find other tips like this at the top of the selectors portion of the API.

Answer 3

Use a back-slash to escape itself. \\

:contains("C:\\My Name")