Strip unknown range of characters between first "/" and second "/"

Could some help m figure out to strip an unknown range of characters in a
path between the first "/" and "/" found in a folder path somewhere on my
site.

eg: /catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp
eg: /esserman/newseltter/2004/03/
eg: /yachtservices/excel/reports/

I wish to return only:

"catamaranco"
or
"esserman"
or
"yachtservices"

Thanks for advice...
Jason

[Aaron [SQL Server MVP]]

<%
function stripStuff(str)
stripStuff = str
if instr(str, "/") <> instrRev(str, "/") then
strs = split(str, "/")
stripStuff = strs(1)
end if
end function

response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp")
response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/esserman/newseltter/2004/03/")
response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/yachtservices/excel/reports/")
%>

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Could some help m figure out to strip an unknown range of characters in a
path between the first "/" and "/" found in a folder path somewhere on my
site.

eg: /catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp
eg: /esserman/newseltter/2004/03/
eg: /yachtservices/excel/reports/

I wish to return only:

"catamaranco"
or
"esserman"
or
"yachtservices"

Thanks for advice...
Jason

Many thanks - works perfectly!

"Aaron [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartreb.noraa> wrote in message
news:uU**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

<%
function stripStuff(str)
stripStuff = str
if instr(str, "/") <> instrRev(str, "/") then
strs = split(str, "/")
stripStuff = strs(1)
end if
end function

response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp")
response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/esserman/newseltter/2004/03/")
response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/yachtservices/excel/reports/")
%>

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<ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Could some help m figure out to strip an unknown range of characters in a path between the first "/" and "/" found in a folder path somewhere on my site.

eg: /catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp
eg: /esserman/newseltter/2004/03/
eg: /yachtservices/excel/reports/

I wish to return only:

"catamaranco"
or
"esserman"
or
"yachtservices"

Thanks for advice...
Jason

Umm :) sorry Aaron, I ran into an added problem after extracting the
string...how I would then also pull out the remaiing 'stuff' and stuff that
into a variable?.

Extract: "/sales/boat/1.asp"

x= "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp"

As my ultimate goal is concententation:

"www". & stripStuff("/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp") & ".com" & "/" &
stripTrailingStuff(X)

Result: www.catamaranco.com/sales/boat/1.asp"
<ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Many thanks - works perfectly!

"Aaron [SQL Server MVP]" <te*****@dnartreb.noraa> wrote in message
news:uU**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

<%
function stripStuff(str)
stripStuff = str
if instr(str, "/") <> instrRev(str, "/") then
strs = split(str, "/")
stripStuff = strs(1)
end if
end function

response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp")
response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/esserman/newseltter/2004/03/")
response.write "<br>" & stripStuff("/yachtservices/excel/reports/")
%>

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<ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Could some help m figure out to strip an unknown range of characters

in

a path between the first "/" and "/" found in a folder path somewhere on my site.

eg: /catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp
eg: /esserman/newseltter/2004/03/
eg: /yachtservices/excel/reports/

I wish to return only:

"catamaranco"
or
"esserman"
or
"yachtservices"

Thanks for advice...
Jason

Ok, I did come up with my own solution...but it seems to waste far too many
lines of code...could you tell me if there is a better way to write this:

u_CurrentURL="/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp"

function stripParentDirectory(str)
stripParentDirectory = str
if instr(str, "/") <> instrRev(str, "/") then

strs = split(str, "/")
stripParentDirectory = strs(1)

end if
end function

ParentDir= stripParentDirectory(u_CurrentURL)

Call SubDirPath(ParentDir, u_CurrentURL)
Sub SubDirPath(ParentDir, u_CurrentURL)

strLen = len(u_CurrentURL)
response.write "<br><br>Total String Length:" & strLen &
"<br><br>"
ParDirLen=len(ParentDir) + 2 '//add slash x 2
response.write "<br><br>Parent Dir Length:" & ParDirLen &
"<br><br>"
SubPathLen= strLen - ParDirLen
response.write "<br><br>SubPath Length:" & SubPathLen &
"<br><br>"
Response.write SubPathLen

MyString= Right(u_CurrentURL,SubPathLen)
response.write "<BR><BR>http://www." & ParentDir & ".com/" &
MyString

End Sub

Result: http://www.catamaranco.com/sales/boat/1.asp

I readpated the script with an extra function which seems to work....is this
more elegant
<%
u_CurrentURL="/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp"
function stripParentDirectory(str)
stripParentDirectory = str
if instr(str, "/") <> instrRev(str, "/") then
strs = split(str, "/")
stripParentDirectory = strs(1)
end if
end function
Function stripSubPath(ParentDir, u_CurrentURL)

strLen = len(u_CurrentURL)
'//response.write "<br><br>Total String Length:" & strLen &
"<br><br>"
ParDirLen=len(ParentDir) + 2 '//add slash x 2
'//response.write "<br><br>Parent Dir Length:" & ParDirLen &
"<br><br>"

SubPathLen= strLen - ParDirLen
'//response.write "<br><br>SubPath Length:" & SubPathLen & "<br><br>"
'//Response.write SubPathLen

MyString= Right(u_CurrentURL,SubPathLen)
MyString ="http://www." & ParentDir & ".com/" & MyString

stripSubPath =MyString

End Function
ParentDir= stripParentDirectory(u_CurrentURL)
Response.write stripSubPath(ParentDir, u_CurrentURL)

%>

[Chris Hohmann]

<ja***@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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Umm :) sorry Aaron, I ran into an added problem after extracting the
string...how I would then also pull out the remaiing 'stuff' and stuff that into a variable?.

Extract: "/sales/boat/1.asp"

x= "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp"

As my ultimate goal is concententation:

"www". & stripStuff("/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp") & ".com" & "/" &
stripTrailingStuff(X)

Result: www.catamaranco.com/sales/boat/1.asp"

<script language="JavaScript" runat="SERVER">
var s = "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp";
Response.Write(s.replace(/^\/([^\/]*)/,"www.$1.com"));
</script>
<br>
<script language="VBScript" runat="SERVER">
Dim re : Set re = New RegExp
With re
.Pattern = "^/([^/]*)"
.Global = True
Response.Write .Replace(s,"www.$1.com")
End With
</script>

[Evertjan.]

Chris Hohmann wrote on 21 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

<script language="JavaScript" runat="SERVER">
var s = "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp";
Response.Write(s.replace(/^\/([^\/]*)/,"www.$1.com"));
</script>
Response.write(
[case]
<br>
<script language="VBScript" runat="SERVER">
Dim re : Set re = New RegExp
With re
.Pattern = "^/([^/]*)"
.Global = True
[Global is not effective with ^ as start of string,
anyway global=true is not what you want here.]
Response.Write .Replace(s,"www.$1.com")
End With
</script>

[If the default <%%> language is jscript the order will be reversed,
so s will not be defined yet for the vbscript part, IMHO & not tested;-)]

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[Chris Hohmann]

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Chris Hohmann wrote on 21 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

<script language="JavaScript" runat="SERVER">
var s = "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp";
Response.Write(s.replace(/^\/([^\/]*)/,"www.$1.com"));
</script>

Response.write(
[case]

I'm not sure what this means.

<br>
<script language="VBScript" runat="SERVER">
Dim re : Set re = New RegExp
With re
.Pattern = "^/([^/]*)"
.Global = True

[Global is not effective with ^ as start of string,
anyway global=true is not what you want here.]

You're correct. My intention was to set Global to false. That's what I get
for sutting and pasting. However, there are cases when searching on "^"
while having global set to true is useful, ie. when multiline is turned on.

Response.Write .Replace(s,"www.$1.com")
End With
</script>

[If the default <%%> language is jscript the order will be reversed,
so s will not be defined yet for the vbscript part, IMHO & not tested;-)]

Yes, although in this particular circumstance it was more of a "one or the
other" scenario, not both.

[Evertjan.]

Chris Hohmann wrote on 23 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> <script language="JavaScript" runat="SERVER">
> var s = "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp";
> Response.Write(s.replace(/^\/([^\/]*)/,"www.$1.com"));
> </script>

Response.write(
[case]

I'm not sure what this means.

See the difference!

..write should be lower case in javascript

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[Chris Hohmann]

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> wrote in message
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Chris Hohmann wrote on 23 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

> <script language="JavaScript" runat="SERVER">
> var s = "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp";
> Response.Write(s.replace(/^\/([^\/]*)/,"www.$1.com"));
> </script>

Response.write(
[case]

I'm not sure what this means.

See the difference!

.write should be lower case in javascript

Response is a built-in ASP object. As such the names of its
methods/members/properties are independent of the scripting language. Here's
the documentation on the Response.Write method, listing it with a capital
"W":

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/librar...resomwrite.asp

[Evertjan.]

Chris Hohmann wrote on 23 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

"Evertjan." <ex**************@interxnl.net> wrote in message
news:Xn********************@194.109.133.29...

Chris Hohmann wrote on 23 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

>> > <script language="JavaScript" runat="SERVER">
>> > var s = "/catamaranco/sales/boat/1.asp";
>> > Response.Write(s.replace(/^\/([^\/]*)/,"www.$1.com"));
>> > </script>
>>
>> Response.write(
>> [case]
>
> I'm not sure what this means.
See the difference!

.write should be lower case in javascript

Response is a built-in ASP object. As such the names of its
methods/members/properties are independent of the scripting language.

I didn't know that, Chris, silly me. ;-)
Here's the documentation on the Response.Write method, listing it with
a capital "W":
http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/librar...f_vbom_resomwr
ite.asp

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[Dave Anderson]

Evertjan. wrote:

Response.write(
[case]

I'm not sure what this means.

See the difference!

.write should be lower case in javascript

I don't know about javascript, but if this suddenly became true in JScript,
I would have a lot of work to do....
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[Evertjan.]

Dave Anderson wrote on 23 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

.write should be lower case in javascript

I don't know about javascript, but if this suddenly became true in
JScript, I would have a lot of work to do....

as I was told, Response.Write is not a part of the language, but of a
server object that is caseinsensitive, so

ResPOnse.wrITE('Hi') should be valid.

=============

However jscript in IE is not so forgiving with document.write:

<script type="text/jscript">
document.Write('Hi')
</script>

gives an error!

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[Dave Anderson]

"Evertjan." wrote:

as I was told, Response.Write is not a part of the language,
but of a server object that is caseinsensitive, so

ResPOnse.wrITE('Hi') should be valid.

No, that's not what you were told. The Response object does not require case
sensitivity for accessing its properties and methods, but the Response
object still must be found in the global namespace, and accordingly must be
spelled exactly "Response":

Microsoft JScript runtime error '800a1391'
'ResPOnse' is undefined
If you had spent 5 seconds testing either of your assertions, you may have
seen that for yourself.
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[Evertjan.]

Dave Anderson wrote on 24 aug 2004 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

"Evertjan." wrote:

as I was told, Response.Write is not a part of the language,
but of a server object that is caseinsensitive, so

ResPOnse.wrITE('Hi') should be valid.

No, that's not what you were told. The Response object does not
require case sensitivity for accessing its properties and methods, but
the Response object still must be found in the global namespace, and
accordingly must be spelled exactly "Response":

Microsoft JScript runtime error '800a1391'
'ResPOnse' is undefined
If you had spent 5 seconds testing either of your assertions, you may
have seen that for yourself.

So now I am. Told that is.

You were wrong about the 5 seconds, though.

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[Dave Anderson]

Evertjan. wrote:

If you had spent 5 seconds testing either of your assertions,
you may have seen that for yourself.

So now I am. Told that is.

You were wrong about the 5 seconds, though.

Fair enough. I suppose the day was getting long and my nerves short. Sorry.
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