What result to you expect for your test string "/path/to/resource"?

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href="../">to</a> / resource

What result to you expect for "/to/resource"?

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What result to you expect for "/resource"?

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Got it.

I also got lost in your code with the definition of the variable "recursiveResult" and pulling it apart again ... I couldn't see why the variable would be necessary and not just generate each step as required.

Below is what I think is a complete result, without the need for such a variable. I've tried to document it to explain the approach.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . . Ken

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