Node.js path.delimiter Property

The path.delimiter property is an inbuilt application programming interface of the path module which is used to get platform-specific path delimiter.

Syntax:

path.delimiter;

Return Value: This property returns a string that represents platform specific path delimiter. The returned value is : for POSIX and ; for Windows.

Below examples illustrate the use of path.delimiter in Node.js:

Example 1:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// path.delimiter property

// Allocating path module
const path = require('path');

// Printing path.delimiter value
console.log(path.delimiter);

Output:

;

Example 2:

// Node.js program to demonstrate the
// path.delimiter property

// Allocating path module
const path = require('path');

// Allocating process module
const process = require('process');

// Printing path.delimiter value
var delimiter = path.delimiter;

console.log(process.env.PATH);
console.log(process.env.PATH.split(path.delimiter));

Output:

C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.3.1\ext\ImageMagick;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common 
Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;
C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;
C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;D:\programfiles\Git\cmd;
D:\programfiles\Cmake\bin;
C:\Program
Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\gekcho\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;
C:\Users\gekcho\AppData\Roaming\npm
[ 'C:\\wamp64\\bin\\php\\php7.3.1\\ext\\ImageMagick',
  'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Oracle\\Java\\javapath',
  'C:\\Windows\\system32',
  'C:\\Windows',
  'C:\\Windows\\System32\\Wbem',
  'C:\\Windows\\System32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\',
  'C:\\Windows\\System32\\OpenSSH\\',
  'D:\\programfiles\\Git\\cmd',
  'D:\\programfiles\\Cmake\\bin',
  'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\',
  'C:\\Users\\gekcho\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps',
  'C:\\Users\\gekcho\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm' ]

Note: The above program will compile and run by using the node filename.js command.

Reference: https://nodejs.org/api/path.html#path_path_delimiter