How to get last folder in directory path?

[Mythros]

Hi all! How do you get the last directory folder from a directory path string?

Example :

I have a folder in C:/ called 'out'

C:/out/

I want to grab 'out' without the slashes

Any & all help is both welcome & appreciated!

Thank You! <3

[Peace]

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Path$ = "C:/out/"

Debug GetFilePart(Trim(Path$, "/"))

i = CountString(Path$, "/")
Debug StringField(Path$, i, "/")

[Mythros]

Thank you!

[Mythros]

What if the directory as a backslash at the end without another folder after it? For some reason, the above 2 codes are returning nothing.

D:\res\src\libs\out\

[Little John]

What if the directory as a backslash at the end without another folder after it? For some reason, the above 2 codes are returning nothing.

D:\res\src\libs\out\

Look at Peace's two code snippets: What kind of slashes do they use? Are they using backslashes?

[Mythros]

yes, backslashes

[Peace]

What if the directory as a backslash at the end without another folder after it? For some reason, the above 2 codes are returning nothing.

D:\res\src\libs\out\

Change "/" in "\" for a real path, your first question related to a path with a "/", I simply copied your "C:/out/"

[Little John]

yes, backslashes

False.
Peace's code snippets use forward slashes. So it shouldn't be surprising that they don't work with backslashes.

[Kiffi]

<OT>

To be sure to use the correct path separator independent of the OS, you can use the constant #PS$.

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Debug #PS$
Debug #NPS$

</OT>

[Mythros]

Thanks guys!

[idle]

<OT>

To be sure to use the correct path separator independent of the OS, you can use the constant #PS$.

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Debug #PS$
Debug #NPS$

</OT>

now I'm going to hear guns and roses every time I use a "/"