.Split a directory string

[merrittr]

I have a string "c:\upload\file.txt"
what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
I cant seem to get it to work?
Server Error in '/appform' Application.
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Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource
required to service this request. Please review the following specific
error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for
'string.Split(params char[])' has some invalid arguments

Source Error:

Line 234: string strFileNameOnServer = txtServername.Value;
Line 235: string sep = @"\";
Line 236: Array a = strFileNameOnServer.Split(sep);

[Christopher Reed]

Try using this:

string strFileNameOnServer = txtServername.Value;
char[] sep = {'\\'};
string[] a = strFileNameOnServer.Split(sep);

--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

"merrittr" <me******@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I have a string "c:\upload\file.txt"
what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
I cant seem to get it to work?
Server Error in '/appform' Application.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource
required to service this request. Please review the following specific
error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for
'string.Split(params char[])' has some invalid arguments

Source Error:

Line 234: string strFileNameOnServer = txtServername.Value;
Line 235: string sep = @"\";
Line 236: Array a = strFileNameOnServer.Split(sep);

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello merrittr,

Why not to use
string fileName = @"C:\mydir\myfile.ext";
string path = @"C:\mydir\";
string result;
result = Path.GetFileName(fileName);

instead of splitting ?

m> I have a string "c:\upload\file.txt"
m> what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
m> I cant seem to get it to work?

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WBR,
Michael Nemtsev :: blog: http://spaces.msn.com/members/laflour

"At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not
cease to be insipid." (c) Friedrich Nietzsche

[Cletus Van Damme]

"Christopher Reed" <ca****@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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Try using this:

string strFileNameOnServer = txtServername.Value;
char[] sep = {'\\'};
string[] a = strFileNameOnServer.Split(sep);

--
Christopher A. Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."

"merrittr" <me******@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

I have a string "c:\upload\file.txt"
what I want is the file name to do this I was trying split on \ but
I cant seem to get it to work?
Server Error in '/appform' Application.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource
required to service this request. Please review the following specific
error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS1502: The best overloaded method match for
'string.Split(params char[])' has some invalid arguments

Source Error:

Line 234: string strFileNameOnServer = txtServername.Value;
Line 235: string sep = @"\";
Line 236: Array a = strFileNameOnServer.Split(sep);

I prefer to let the framework do the "heavy lifting". Check out the
System.IO.Path class:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

void SomeFunction()
{
string filePath = @"C:\SomeFolder\file.txt";
string fileName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
Debug.WriteLine(fileName); // prints "file.txt"
}

[merrittr]

whoaaa that was fast
this works perfectly thanks for the help guys