Given a string path
, which is an absolute path (starting with a slash '/'
) to a file or directory in a Unix-style file system, convert it to the simplified canonical path.
In a Unix-style file system, a period '.'
refers to the current directory, a double period '..'
refers to the directory up a level, and any multiple consecutive slashes (i.e. '//'
) are treated as a single slash ‘/’. For this problem, any other format of periods such as '...'
are treated as file/directory names.
The canonical path should have the following format:
- The path starts with a single slash
'/'
. - Any two directories are separated by a single slash
'/'
. - The path does not end with a trailing
'/'
. - The path only contains the directories on the path from the root directory to the target file or directory (i.e., no period
'.'
or double period'..'
)
Return the simplified canonical path.
Example
Input: path = "/home/"
Output: "/home"
Explanation: Note that there is no trailing slash after the last directory name.
Solution
/**
* @param {string} path
* @return {string}
*/
var simplifyPath = function (path) {
// Declare a stack to hold the path
let stack = [];
// Split the path into an array
let pathArr = path.split("/");
for (let i = 0; i < pathArr.length; i++) {
// If the path is a double period, pop the stack
if (pathArr[i] === "..") {
// If the stack is empty, do nothing
stack.pop();
// If the path is a single period or empty, do nothing
} else if (pathArr[i] !== "." && pathArr[i] !== "") {
// Otherwise push the path to the stack
stack.push(pathArr[i]);
}
}
// Return the stack joined with a slash
return "/" + stack.join("/");
};