You could test the attributes - test for directory Regards Paul McKenzie Analyst Programmer SMSS ltd.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alistair George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:25 PM Subject: [DUG]: Is this bad programming practice or what? > I need to parse strings which include files and directories. If they are a > directory then I append global files. > My concern is (even though I have never met one yet) a filename with NO > extension. Would this be a concern?? > code follows: > > for tval := 0 to memo1.Lines.Count - 1 do > begin > with memo1.Lines do > begin > if ansipos('.', strings[tval]) = 0 then //its a directory > Strings[tval] := ZipMaster1.AppendSlash(strings[tval]) + '*.*'; > end; > end; > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz > To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with body of "unsubscribe delphi" > Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/