Parse string url to get filename

[Netmonster]

Hello,

How do I parse a string that contains a URL and get the filename only?
i.e.

string tmp = "http://test.com/downloads/test.exe";
I just want the test.exe..

Thanks in advance.

KC

[Tom Porterfield]

On 10 Dec 2004 11:52:22 -0800, Netmonster wrote:

Hello,

How do I parse a string that contains a URL and get the filename only?
i.e.

string tmp = "http://test.com/downloads/test.exe";
I just want the test.exe..

Use a combination of Substring and LastIndexOf.
--
Tom Porterfield

[Dale]

The following is some code that searches an existing string for two other
strings (start marker and end marker), then gets only the required piece out
of the middle.
const string MODULE_LABEL = "/module";

// Get the command line parameters/arguments

ls_Argument = Environment.Get CommandLineArgs ();

ls_Command_Line = String.Join(" ", ls_Argument);

ls_Command_Line = ls_Command_Line .Trim();

// Find the beginning of the /module parameter value

li_Position_Sta rt = ls_Command_Line .IndexOf(MODULE _LABEL);

if (li_Position_St art == -1)

return -2011;

li_Position_Sta rt += MODULE_LABEL.Le ngth;

// Find end of the /module parameter value

li_Position_End = ls_Command_Line .IndexOf("/", li_Position_Sta rt + 1);

if (li_Position_En d == -1)

{

// use remainder of string

li_Position_End = ls_Command_Line .Length;

}

else

{

li_Position_End --;

}

// Get Module parameter value

ls_Parameter_Va lue = ls_Command_Line .Substring(li_P osition_Start,
li_Position_End - li_Position_Sta rt);

ls_Parameter_Va lue = ls_Parameter_Va lue.Trim();

"Netmonster " <ne***********@ yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:11******** **************@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hello,

How do I parse a string that contains a URL and get the filename only?
i.e.

string tmp = "http://test.com/downloads/test.exe";
I just want the test.exe..

Thanks in advance.

KC

[Lowell Heddings]

Tom Porterfield wrote:

On 10 Dec 2004 11:52:22 -0800, Netmonster wrote:

Hello,

How do I parse a string that contains a URL and get the filename only?
i.e.

string tmp = "http://test.com/downloads/test.exe";
I just want the test.exe..

Use a combination of Substring and LastIndexOf.

Something like:

string tmp = "http://test.com/downloads/test.exe";
int LastIndex = tmp.LastIndexOf ("/");
tmp = tmp.Substring(L astIndex+1,(tmp .Length - LastIndex -1));
MessageBox.Show (tmp);

That works.

There are other ways to do it as well, such as using the String.Split()
function to split the string on the "/" char and then take the last item
in the array.

Lowell

[Cteniza]

"Netmonster " <ne***********@ yahoo.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:11******** **************@ f14g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

Hello,

How do I parse a string that contains a URL and get the filename only?
i.e.

string tmp = "http://test.com/downloads/test.exe";
I just want the test.exe..

using System;
using System.IO;

class RemovePath
{
public RemovePath()
{
}
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(System.IO.Pa th.GetFileName( args[0]));
}
}

[Netmonster]

Lowell,

Thanks.... thats exactly what I was looking for.

KC