Searching for a folder

[Moist]

Hello guys,

I'm working on a script that needs to search for a specific folder using a string. Basically, all the folders are numbered, but they have some string in front of that number. How can I search for a folder and return its full name or full path.

[caramen]

Hello  , 

 

Have you looked about the

FileExists

Or it does not meet your requirements ?? 

 

Please post a script of what you tryed so far.

[careca]

There are some ways, you can retrieve all folders to array and stringinstr it, or go with FileFindFirstFile

 

Edited October 11, 2018 by careca

[Moist]

2 minutes ago, caramen said:

Hello  , 

 

Have you looked about the

FileExists

Or it does not meet your requirements ?? 

 

Please post a script of what you tryed so far.

FileExists only returns 0 and 1. I know the folder exists, but I only part of its string. I am using this script with another software and have the string , e.g., "123" and the folders are named "100_nice", "101_cool", ... "123_great", with no number being repeated. How do I get the full path to the "123_great"?

[careca]

1 minute ago, Moist said:

 How do I get the full path to the "123_great"?

Use wildcard with filefindfirstfile

[caramen]

How are you finding these files yourself  ? 

 

WIndows search ? 

[caramen]

Oh...

Yeah no doubt 

 

filefindfirstfile

@careca had it for you  

 

$hSearch = FileFindFirstFile("*.*")

$sFileName = ""

$sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)

 

Edited October 11, 2018 by caramen

[Moist]

What exactly does Filefindfirstfile do? Will it search in the first file of a directory? How exactly can I have the filename and path.

 

$hSearch = FileFindFirstFile("C:\Directory\123*")

$sFileName = ""

$sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch)

Is this enough ?

[Moist]

Oh, yeah, It works. Thanks everything for your help