.Split a directory string

[merrittr]

I have a string "c:\upload\file .txt"
what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
I cant seem to get it to work?


Server Error in '/appform' Application.
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Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource
required to service this request. Please review the following specific
error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for
'string.Split(p arams char[])' has some invalid arguments

Source Error:



Line 234: string strFileNameOnSe rver = txtServername.V alue;
Line 235: string sep = @"\";
Line 236: Array a = strFileNameOnSe rver.Split(sep) ;

[Christopher Reed]

Re: .Split a directory string

Try using this:

string strFileNameOnSe rver = txtServername.V alue;
char[] sep = {'\\'};
string[] a = strFileNameOnSe rver.Split(sep) ;

--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

"merrittr" <merrittr@gmail .com> wrote in message
news:1135747847 .877887.297520@ g49g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
>I have a string "c:\upload\file .txt"
> what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
> I cant seem to get it to work?
>
>
> Server Error in '/appform' Application.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Compilation Error
> Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource
> required to service this request. Please review the following specific
> error details and modify your source code appropriately.
>
> Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for
> 'string.Split(p arams char[])' has some invalid arguments
>
> Source Error:
>
>
>
> Line 234: string strFileNameOnSe rver = txtServername.V alue;
> Line 235: string sep = @"\";
> Line 236: Array a = strFileNameOnSe rver.Split(sep) ;
>[/color]

[Michael Nemtsev]

Re: .Split a directory string

Hello merrittr,

Why not to use
string fileName = @"C:\mydir\myfi le.ext";
string path = @"C:\mydir\" ;
string result;
result = Path.GetFileNam e(fileName);

instead of splitting ?

m> I have a string "c:\upload\file .txt"
m> what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
m> I cant seem to get it to work?

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WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

[Cletus Van Damme]

Re: .Split a directory string


"Christophe r Reed" <carttu@nospam. nospam> wrote in message
news:O7BMLN3CGH A.3876@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Try using this:
>
> string strFileNameOnSe rver = txtServername.V alue;
> char[] sep = {'\\'};
> string[] a = strFileNameOnSe rver.Split(sep) ;
>
> --
> Christopher A. Reed
> "The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
>
> "merrittr" <merrittr@gmail .com> wrote in message
> news:1135747847 .877887.297520@ g49g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=green]
>>I have a string "c:\upload\file .txt"
>> what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
>> I cant seem to get it to work?
>>
>>
>> Server Error in '/appform' Application.
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Compilation Error
>> Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource
>> required to service this request. Please review the following specific
>> error details and modify your source code appropriately.
>>
>> Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for
>> 'string.Split(p arams char[])' has some invalid arguments
>>
>> Source Error:
>>
>>
>>
>> Line 234: string strFileNameOnSe rver = txtServername.V alue;
>> Line 235: string sep = @"\";
>> Line 236: Array a = strFileNameOnSe rver.Split(sep) ;
>>[/color]
>
>[/color]

I prefer to let the framework do the "heavy lifting". Check out the
System.IO.Path class:

using System;
using System.Diagnost ics;
using System.IO;

void SomeFunction()
{
string filePath = @"C:\SomeFolder \file.txt";
string fileName = Path.GetFileNam e(filePath);
Debug.WriteLine (fileName); // prints "file.txt"
}

[merrittr]

Re: .Split a directory string

whoaaa that was fast
this works perfectly thanks for the help guys