OS depending Pathseperator() command

[FGK]

Hello everybody,

I would like to have a simple build in function for getting the correct pathseperator for the used OS.

Today you have to use CompilerIf to select the right seperator or build up a macro for that case.

How nice could it be to write following?

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 PathName.s = Drive + GetPathSeperator() + "MyFile.ext"

instead something like that:

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CompilerSelect #PB_Compiler_OS
    CompilerCase #PB_OS_AmigaOS
      Seperator = "\"
    CompilerCase #PB_OS_Linux
      Seperator = "/"
  CompilerEndSelect

 PathName.s = Drive + Seperator + "MyFile.ext"

I know there are several workarounds for this, but there allready the most of the usefull commands in the FileSystem Lib
so only this one i miss for multi OS coding

[IdeasVacuum]

Well, I don't think GetPathSeperator() specifically would be good because it would make string concatenation lines way too long. It wants to be a very short name constant, like #PS. The compiler should be able to 'take it from there'.

[Tenaja]

+1...
This is a great idea, and I like your suggestion, IdeasVacuum, of keeping it short. While we can create macros and/or individual defines, in the interest of code flexibility, it would be very convenient to have ALL of these types of os-dependent constants predefined. (Another example would be #EOL and #EOL$)

[Seymour Clufley]

As long as it's spelled "separator"...!

[USCode]

See my 3rd enhancement request in this post from almost 8 years ago!
http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... =delimiter

[moogle]

Just put at the top of your code

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CompilerSelect #PB_Compiler_OS
    CompilerCase #PB_OS_Windows
    	#PS$ = "\"
    CompilerCase #PB_OS_AmigaOS
      #PS$ = "\"
    CompilerCase #PB_OS_Linux
    	#PS$ = "/"
    CompilerCase #PB_OS_MacOS	
    	#PS$ = "/"
  CompilerEndSelect

and then use #PS$


As you can see it's been requested almost 8 years ago so.....
Maybe you'll get it in the next update


PS - Who the hell is still programming on Amiga OS???

[MachineCode]

It wants to be a very short name constant, like #PS.

According to #DOUBLEQUOTE$, I think the team prefers descriptive names, rather than short names.