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("\\") ); > > -- J?rn > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/String-Parsing-tf2376878.html#a6622835 Sent from the JQuery mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/