Re: Extract filename from path

fnam=ary(split(FILENAME,ary,"\\"));
print fnam;

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"Jeroen Gouma" <Jeroen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> How can I extract only the filename from the FILENAME variable,
> containing the complete path?
>
> i.e.:
> FILENAME = c:\test\input\data.txt
>
> I would like to have only data.txt in a variable.
>
> I was thinking on something like find the last \ in FILENAME and take
> a substr from there. But how to find the last \ if the lenght of the
> path can vary?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
> Jeroen


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