ahhh  that works nicely   although i just had to add one

file1=str1.substring(str1.lastIndexOf("\\")+1);



J?rn Zaefferer wrote:
> 
> Tombo schrieb:
>> 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
>>   
> How about this:
> file1 = str1.substring( str1.lastIndexOf("\\") );
> 
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