String.SplitPath

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If i split the path for a single file in order to get file name and file extension i use this code;
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resFind = File.Find("data", "1.txt", false, false, nil);

resSplitPath = String.SplitPath(resFind[1]);

result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", resSplitPath.Filename..resSplitPath.Extension, "");
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But how must be this code adapted when the search returns a table of data?
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resFind = File.Find("data", "*.txt", false, false, nil);

resSplitPath = String.SplitPath(resFind[1]);

result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", resSplitPath.Filename..resSplitPath.Extension, "");
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Thank you

Sside

[TJ_Tigger]

Sside

Since the File.Find returns a table you can use a for loop to enumerate the table and add each item one at a time. Here is an example for the code.

resFind = File.Find("data", "*.txt", false, false, nil);

for index, value in resFind do
resSplitPath = String.SplitPath(resFind[index]);

result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", resSplitPath.Filename..resSplitPath.Extension, resFind[index]);
end

I usually will add the full path for the file into the Data section of the listbox as you can see above, that way if I want to open the file I can use that to open it without having to search for the full path again.

Tigg

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Thank you TJ_Tigger

It works, perfect.
The idea of the path in the data section is also very useful. Thanks for the idea.

I try to loop it (for i, v.../ for n=1...) but no luck.

Anyway now it works fine.

Once again thank you for your time

Sside

[TJ_Tigger]

Thank you TJ_Tigger

It works, perfect.
The idea of the path in the data section is also very useful. Thanks for the idea.

I try to loop it (for i, v.../ for n=1...) but no luck.

Anyway now it works fine.

Once again thank you for your time

Sside

Either of those should work. I find that the for i,v in table do works very well but for n = 1,TableCount(table) do should work as well

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Hello TJ_Tigger,

Yes they work fine as well,
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resFind = File.Find("data", "*.txt", false, false, nil);

for i, v in resFind do
resSplitPath = String.SplitPath(resFind[i]);
result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", resSplitPath.Filename..resSplitPath.Extension, resFind[i]);
end
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resFind = File.Find("data", "*.txt", false, false, nil);

for n=1, Table.Count(resFind) do
resSplitPath = String.SplitPath(resFind[n]);

result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", resSplitPath.Filename..resSplitPath.Extension, resFind[n]);
end
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Thanks a lot for the help

Sside

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TJ_Tigger

One more question,

I have a ini file with paths to be searched for, it could be 3, 4, 5 ... paths
1-I search for the value names (INIFile.GetValueNames) in order to get their values.
2-I search for values (INIFile.GetValue) in order to get the paths to search for.
3-I want to search these paths for files.
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resValues = INIFile.GetValueNames("data\\1.ini", "paths");

for i, v in resValues do
resPaths = INIFile.GetValue("data\\1.ini", "paths", resValues[i]);
resSearch = File.Find(resPaths, "*", false, false, nil);
end

for i, v in resSearch do
result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", v, "");
end
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Only the last value will be stored in resPaths
So the question is how can i search these paths ?

Thanks a lot

Sside

[TJ_Tigger]

Probably not the best thing to do but this is what I would probably do.

resValues = INIFile.GetValueNames("data\\1.ini", "paths");

resSearch = {};
for i, v in resValues do
resPaths = INIFile.GetValue("data\\1.ini", "paths", resValues[i]);
tempresSearch = File.Find(resPaths, "*", false, false, nil);
if tempresSearch then
for ti, tv in tempresSearch do
--This insert command will take all the items found if any and place them 
-- in the first place position pushing everything else down in the table.
Table.Insert(resSearch, 1, tv)
end
end

for i, v in resSearch do
result = ListBox.AddItem("ListBox3", v, "");
end

That is the best I can come up with right now. I might find something better tommorrow.

Tigg

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Hello Tigg

It works fine. Thanks a lot for your help. I'm new to this table thing so.. that's why so many questions.

Once again thank you.

Sside