x <- "/Users/ken/Desktop/test/runs/file1.txt" basename(x) [1] "file1.txt"
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 16:13 +0000, Ken Termiso wrote: > Hi all, > > What I'd like to do is to is to be able to extract a string corresponding to > only the file name from a string containing the complete path, i.e. from the > following path string: > > "/Users/ken/Desktop/test/runs/file1" > > I would like to end up with: > > "file1" > > This would be most ideally done in a platform-independent way. > > Thanks in advance, > -Ken > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html