manipulate system::string / string^

[Dj_Saturn]

Ok,

i get the path of a file from an openfiledialog and assign it to string^ path.

so the string may contain for example...: c:/folder/example.mp3

from my knowledge you cannot manipulate a string but make a new one with your desired changes so ...

i want to remove everything before the last '/' and better yet, remove the last '/' as well

so i would be left with example.mp3

would i use the trim method?

if so please explain how to do so.

thank you very much.

[TheCPUWizard]

Off the top of my head...NOT verified, but it should give you enough...

String s = "yada yada yada";
s = s.SubString(s.LastIndexOf('\')+1);

The kew point is that the manipulation routines RETURN a new string, so assigning it back to s will make that the "new value. Howeve...

String t = "yada yada yada";
s = t; // or passed to a method without "ref"...
s = s.SubString(s.LastIndexOf('\')+1);

Will NOT impact the value of t.

[Dj_Saturn]

That definitely helped

status->Text = OpenedFileName->Substring(OpenedFileName->LastIndexOf('\\')+1);

this is how it was implemented.

Thanks!!!

[TheCPUWizard]

Glad to help. Dont forget to mark threads as resolved, and to rate (using the scales displayed to the right of the reply) those who helped.

[darwen]

I'm a bit late on this one but :

If you're doing string manipulations on filenames it's better to use the System::IO::Path class functions e.g. Path::GetFileName, Path::GetDirectoryName etc.

It's got a really useful Combine method to add two paths together too.

Darwen.