find a value after the character

[DaveF]

Lets say I have a string like "www.ssss.com/images/theimage.jpg"

I want to parse the string and just return the: theimage.jpg

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Lets say I have a string like "www.ssss.com/images/theimage.jpg"

I want to parse the string and just return the: theimage.jpg

'Strings.InStr', 'Strings.InStrRev', 'String.Substring',
'Strings.Right', 'String.IndexOf', 'Path.GetFileName', ...

 

[tim]

Dim mystring As String = "www.ssss.com/images/theimage.jpg"

Dim newString As String = mystring.Substring(mystring.LastIndexOf("/") +
1S, mystring.Length - mystring.LastIndexOf("/") - 1S)

 

[Cor]

Hi Herfried,

Did not see it, this answer it not completly the right one, that I see the
last time seldom from you.

Lets say I have a string like "www.ssss.com/images/theimage.jpg"

'Strings.InStr', 'Strings.InStrRev', 'String.Substring',
'Strings.Right', 'String.IndexOf', 'Path.GetFileName', ...

With "substring", better is String.lastIndexOf

)

Cor

 

[Cor]

Hi Tim,

I did/do this also often, but the substring is overloaded.
The lenght is not necessary when it is thru the end.

Dim newString As String = mystring.Substring(mystring.LastIndexOf("/")+1)

Just as addition, nothing wrong with your solution.

Cor

 

[tim]

hi Cor,
no problem, i'm cool with that.

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

DaveF,
In addition to the other comments.

If you are parsing (file system) Paths I would recommend the functions in
System.IO.Path, such as:

Dim fullPath As String = "www.ssss.com/images/theimage.jpg"
Dim fileName As String = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fullPath)

If you are parsing URLs I would recommend the System.Uri class, such as:

Dim fullPath As String = "http://www.ssss.com/images/theimage.jpg?x=1"
Dim uri As New System.Uri(fullPath)
Dim fileName As String = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(uri.AbsolutePath)

Hope this helps
Jay