String help :(

[huldu]

I was messing around with strings today, everything worked fine until i tried to remove things from a string (got a bit complicated).

What i am trying to do is (example: "C:\downloads\test dir\file.jpg") to get the file name, in this case "file" to be seperated from the rest of the line. I can remove the last 4 letters, since its fairly easy with a line of code

$var = "C:\downloads\test dir\file.jpg"
$result = StringTrimRight($var, 4)

So now i have ""C:\downloads\test dir\file"

It got alot more complicated now and im not sure how to proceed to remove everything before the last "\". Tried using StringSplit and StringTrimRight, but never got the result i was looking for.

Thanks for any help on this.

[Jos]

$total="C:\downloads\test dir\file"
$File = StringMid($total, StringInStr($total, "\", 0, -1) +1)

[BigDod]

$var = StringSplit("C:\downloads\test dir\file.jpg", "\")
$no = $var[0]
$result = StringTrimRight($var[$no], 4)
MsgBox(0,"",$result)

[huldu]

$var = StringSplit("C:\downloads\test dir\file.jpg", "\")
$no = $var[0]
$result = StringTrimRight($var[$no], 4)
MsgBox(0,"",$result)

Wow, awesome thanks!

[The Kandie Man]

Surprised nobody has brought up _PathSplit()

#include <file.au3>
#include <array.au3>
Dim $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt
$TestPath = _PathSplit("C:\downloads\test dir\file.jpg", $szDrive, $szDir, $szFName, $szExt)
_ArrayDisplay($TestPath,"Demo _PathSplit()")
Msgbox(0,"$szDrive=",$szDrive)
Msgbox(0,"$szDir=",$szDir)
Msgbox(0,"$szFName=",$szFName)
Msgbox(0,"$szExt=",$szExt)