From: Mike Dillinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> --- Original Message
> From: Zysman, Roiy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ZR> Is there a way to extract a filename out of a path string using
> just one ZR> RegEx and not using the split function ?
>
> ZR> For Example, I want to extract foo.txt from /my/long/path/foo.txt
> path ZR> string.
>
> I found this cool trick a while ago and it works nicely.
>
> my($directory, $filename) = $text =~ m/(.*\/)(.*)$/;
> print "D=$directory, F=$filename\n";
It does? Let me try:
my xt = 'c:\soft\wscite\scite.exe';
my($directory, $filename) = $text =~ m/(.*\/)(.*)$/;
print "D=$directory, F=$filename\n";
>> D=, F=
The delimiter depends on the OS, Unixes use /, Windows use \ (but
accepts / on most places as well), Macintoshes (at least the old
ones) use :. And then there is VMS.
If you want to be portable use a module.
Jenda
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