# Basename > [Regular expression][regexp] to capture the last part of a Windows path.
## Usage ```javascript var reBasenameWindows = require( '@stdlib/regexp/basename-windows' ); ``` #### reBasenameWindows() Returns a [regular expression][regexp] to capture the last part of a Windows path. ```javascript var RE = reBasenameWindows(); var base = RE.exec( 'foo\\bar\\index.js' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'index.js' ``` #### reBasenameWindows.REGEXP [Regular expression][regexp] to capture the last part of a Windows path. ```javascript var match = reBasenameWindows.REGEXP.exec( 'foo\\file.pdf' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'file.pdf' ```
## Examples ```javascript var reBasenameWindows = require( '@stdlib/regexp/basename-windows' ); var RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS = reBasenameWindows(); var base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( 'index.js' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'index.js' base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( 'C:\\foo\\bar\\home.html' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'home.html' base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( 'foo\\file.pdf' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'file.pdf' base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( 'beep\\boop.' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'boop.' base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( '' )[ 1 ]; // returns '' base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( '\\foo\\bar\\file' )[ 1 ]; // returns 'file' base = RE_BASENAME_WINDOWS.exec( 'C:\\foo\\bar\\.gitignore' )[ 1 ]; // returns '.gitignore' ```