Getting File name from the String

Question

Could you help me for finding the file name from the string. Now i have one string of content like \"C:\\xxxx\\xxxx\\xxxx\\abc.pdf\". But i want only the file name ie. abc.p

Answer 1

Use the Path.GetFileName() Method

(Edited) sample from the MSDN-page:

string fileName = @"C:\xxxx\xxxx\xxxx\abc.pdf";
string path = @"C:\xxxx\xxxx\xxxx\";
string path2 = @"C:\xxxx\xxxx\xxxx";

string result;

result = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'", 
    fileName, result);

result = Path.GetFileName(path);
Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'", 
    path, result);

result = Path.GetFileName(path2);
Console.WriteLine("GetFileName('{0}') returns '{1}'", 
    path2, result);

This code produces output similar to the following:

GetFileName('C:\xxxx\xxxx\xxxx\abc.pdf') returns 'abc.pdf'
GetFileName('C:\xxxx\xxxx\xxxx\') returns ''
GetFileName('C:\xxxx\xxxx\xxxx') returns 'xxxx'