There are functions available to do this for you... getdirectoryfrompath(path) - Extracts a the full directory (including \) from a full path and filename.
getfilefrompath(path) - Extracts the filename from a full path and filename. -Justin Scott, Lead Developer Sceiron Internet Services, Inc. http://www.sceiron.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "phumes1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 11:16 AM Subject: Re: String manipulation > Hi, > > I would like to split the following line into two strings. The length or > contents of the string can vary depending on the directory structure. > Basically, I need to extract the directory path into one variable and the > filename in another. > > Example: > > <cfoutput>URL.filename</cfoutput> in my template generates the line below. > > D:\books\aosl\act_text.dat > > I need to extract the above into two variables. > > var1 = D:\books\aosl > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
