[RESOLVED] Trim and get the string of the character separated by \

Hello everyone. I am having a problem on getting the last string of the character separated by a \. It looks like this.

this is the character before:

C:\MyDocs\Mails\mysave.txt

I want this to get the mysave.txt. How can I do that? Thank you everyone..

If it will always be in that format, like a file, you can use:

Code:

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My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo("C:\MyDocs\Mails\mysave.txt").Name

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If your not sure, you can use:

Code:

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        Dim theString As String = "C:\MyDocs\Mails\mysave.txt"
        Dim theIndex As Integer = theString.LastIndexOf("\") + 1
        theString = theString.Substring(theIndex, theString.Length - theIndex)

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However that will rely on the fact that the text you want always comes after the last "\".

vb Code:

Dim  sText As String 
sText="C:\MyDocs\Mails\mysave.txt"
Dim sResult As String 
sResult= sText.Substring(sText.LastIndexOf("\")+1)

Code:

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        Dim aPath As String = "C:\MyDocs\Mails\mysave.txt"
        Dim theFileName As String = IO.Path.GetFileName(aPath)

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Hey,

I have to go with dbasnett on this one, the Path Class has a number of methods that make getting information about the Path of a File very easy, have a look at the following:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...h_members.aspx

Very useful!!

Gary

Thanks you everyone..It helps..Have a nice day..