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-----Original Message----- From: FlashGuy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 3, 2002 13:30 To: CF-Talk Subject: Stripping variable Hi, I have the following variable (which can change based on directory). Below is the output from some examples: dir = D:\mywork\temp dir1 = D:\mywork\temp\dir1 How can I output only "temp" or "dir1" from the above variables? --------------------------------------------------- Colonel Nathan R. Jessop Commanding Officer Marine Ground Forces Guatanamo Bay, Cuba --------------------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com