How To Use Regular Expression To Validate File Path (Folder Location) In JavaScript and JQuery?

Today we will learn, How To Use Regular Expression To Validate File Path (Folder Location).

Suppose you want to validate a folder location like: d:\bang pics\tom-check-6.0\inner  or D:\bang pics\tom-check-6.0\inner we can do it using  Regular Expression.Here is the expression :

/^([A-Za-z]:)(\\[A-Za-z_\-\s0-9\.]+)+$/;

Explanation:
1.  ([A-Za-z]:)     for d: or D: (drive name)
2.  (\\[A-Za-z_\-\s0-9\.]+)+     for \folder_name (recursive way)   + sign for recursion (e.g \my\music\etc).
Check running example here:
http://jsfiddle.net/jeetu_verma11/sRmhF/

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