How to separate path and file name from FileNameRequest$

xboxown · 12 January 2023, 01:14

Hello,

I have a command called FileRequest$ it returns both path and filename as one long string.

I could have something like this:

Work: Download/Adf/Filename.txt

or Work: Download/ADF/ <-- missing Filename.txt
or Work: Filename.txt or Work: <-- missing Filename.txt

How do I separate Filename.txt from the path and put each in their separate string holder?

Thanks in advance.

James · 12 January 2023, 01:59

Pathpart and filepart:

https://aminet.net/package/util/cli/0Utils

or

https://aminet.net/package/util/batch/MoreCLI1.2

One set didn't work for me, think it was the ones from MoreCLI, but can't remember for sure...

xboxown · 12 January 2023, 04:16

Erm...no...I am asking for blitzbasic source code not a third party application utilities.

Honitos · 12 January 2023, 13:11

The Mid$()-function is your friend.
You can parse the string for yourself from right to left and Split the string.

malko · 12 January 2023, 13:40

Long time not touched Blitz but if there is no in-box function for that I think the best is :
1) find the ":" (you get the drive name before)
2) find the last "/" (you get the filename after)
3) everything in between is the path.

Honitos · 12 January 2023, 13:45

Asking for source, there is of course the include "DOS.include.ab3" that contains proper functions in AmiBlitz3.

Daedalus · 17 January 2023, 17:36

For completeness (I answered this elsewhere), there are also the FilePart$() and PathPart$() functions in one of the standard 3rd party libraries (ElmoreDOSLib IIRC). It's likely they just call the dos.library functions anyway, but in a Blitz-friendly way.

12 January 2023, 01:14	#1
xboxown Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Vancouver/Canada Posts: 676	How to separate path and file name from FileNameRequest$ Hello, I have a command called FileRequest$ it returns both path and filename as one long string. I could have something like this: Work: Download/Adf/Filename.txt or Work: Download/ADF/ <-- missing Filename.txt or Work: Filename.txt or Work: <-- missing Filename.txt How do I separate Filename.txt from the path and put each in their separate string holder? Thanks in advance.

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12 January 2023, 01:59	#2
James Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Beckenham/England Posts: 796	Pathpart and filepart: https://aminet.net/package/util/cli/0Utils or https://aminet.net/package/util/batch/MoreCLI1.2 One set didn't work for me, think it was the ones from MoreCLI, but can't remember for sure...

12 January 2023, 04:16	#3
xboxown Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Vancouver/Canada Posts: 676	Erm...no...I am asking for blitzbasic source code not a third party application utilities.

12 January 2023, 13:11	#4
Honitos Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Celle / Germany Posts: 145	The Mid$()-function is your friend. You can parse the string for yourself from right to left and Split the string.

12 January 2023, 13:40	#5
malko Ex nihilo nihil Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: CH Posts: 4,896	Long time not touched Blitz but if there is no in-box function for that I think the best is : 1) find the ":" (you get the drive name before) 2) find the last "/" (you get the filename after) 3) everything in between is the path.

12 January 2023, 13:45	#6
Honitos Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Celle / Germany Posts: 145	Asking for source, there is of course the include "DOS.include.ab3" that contains proper functions in AmiBlitz3.

17 January 2023, 17:36	#7
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,351	For completeness (I answered this elsewhere), there are also the FilePart$() and PathPart$() functions in one of the standard 3rd party libraries (ElmoreDOSLib IIRC). It's likely they just call the dos.library functions anyway, but in a Blitz-friendly way.

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