Cravin Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Good afternoon! So, I am working with the following code, and I'm wondering if there's a more simple way to return the value $ProperString than going through this entire loop I've mashed together. The ultimate goal is to take a string, for example "UsersUserDesktoptestfile.txt" and have it return exactly this: "UsersUserDesktop" The key to remember here though is that $OriginalString will vary in length as I will be pulling it from an array (Generated by Melba23's RecFileListToArray UDF), so if "UsersUserDesktopblah.txt", I would still want it to return a $ProperString of "UsersUserDesktop" Anyone have any suggestions? $OriginalString="Users\User\Desktop\testfile.txt" $CharCount = 0 While 1 If StringRight(StringTrimRight($OriginalString,$CharCount),1) = '\' Then $NewString = StringRight($OriginalString,$CharCount) ExitLoop EndIf $CharCount += 1 $ProperString = StringTrimRight($OriginalString, $CharCount + 1) WEnd MsgBox(0,'String Is:', "Original String: " & $OriginalString & @CRLF & "New String: " & $NewString & @CRLF & "Proper String: " & $ProperString) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaberwacky Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 This should get you started. Local $drive, $dir, $filename, $extension _PathSplit($file_path, $drive, $dir, $filename, $extension) ConsoleWrite($drive & $dir & @CRLF) Helpful Posts and Websites: AutoIt3 Variables and Function Parameters MHz | AutoIt Wiki | Using the GUIToolTip UDF BrewManNH | Can't find what you're looking for on the Forum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Solution Melba23 Posted August 31, 2013 Moderators Solution Share Posted August 31, 2013 Cravin,if there's a more simple wayThis is certainly shorter! $OriginalString="Users\User\Desktop\testfile.txt" ; Remove everything up to and including the final "\" $NewString = StringRegExpReplace($OriginalString, "^.*\\", "") ; And remove this from the original $ProperString = StringReplace($OriginalString, $NewString, "") MsgBox(0,'String Is:', "Original String: " & $OriginalString & @CRLF & "New String: " & $NewString & @CRLF & "Proper String: " & $ProperString)And it will deal with any length of $OriginalString . M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cravin Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 Yay, thanks to both of you for your reply, but Melba's suggestion is what I was looking for. I knew it would probably involve regular expressions but as a lot of other people do, I struggle a bit with understanding that concept fully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted August 31, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2013 Cravin, I struggle a bit with understanding that concept fully!Join the club! If you want to learn more about SREs, I always recommend this site. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cravin Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 If you want to learn more about SREs, I always recommend this site. Thanks for the link! I'll check it out. Have a great holiday weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Melba23 Posted August 31, 2013 Moderators Share Posted August 31, 2013 Cravin,My pleasure. By the way, my holiday weekend was last week - but I will enjoy this one just as much. M23 Any of my own code posted anywhere on the forum is available for use by others without any restriction of any kind Open spoiler to see my UDFs: Spoiler ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columnsChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listingDate_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language usedExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBoxGUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUIGUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable framesGUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView itemsGUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeViewMarquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIsNoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxesNotify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the displayScrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single commandStringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit textToast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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