To avoid running split twice, you could do it this way (removes IE5 from
compatibility however):
var file1 = str1.split("\\").pop();
-blair
Tombo wrote:
> this might not be jquery related, but i noticed there are a lot of savvy
> javascript programmers in this mailing list.
>
> i want to grab just the filename and extension from the following string:
>
> str1="F:\\Test1\\Test2\\Test3\\test.txt";
>
> i want to grab "test.txt"
>
> i use this code:
>
> file1=(str1.split("\\"))[(str1.split("\\")).length-1];
>
>
> i was wondering if there is a better way to grab that part of the string
>
> Thx for any help
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