I have a directory that looks something like this:
C:\Users\me\Projects\
In my application, I append to that path a given project name:
C:\Users\me\Projects\myProject
After, I want to be able to pass that into a method. Inside this method I would also like to use the project name. What is the best way to parse the path string to get the last folder name?
I know a work-around would be to pass the path and the project name into the function, but I was hoping I could limit it to one parameter.
You can do:
string dirName = new DirectoryInfo(@"C:\Users\me\Projects\myProject\").Name;
Or use Path.GetFileName
like (with a bit of hack):
string dirName2 = Path.GetFileName(
@"C:\Users\me\Projects\myProject".TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar));
Path.GetFileName
returns the file name from the path, if the path is terminating with \
then it would return an empty string, that is why I have used TrimEnd(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar)
string path = @"C:\Users\me\Projects\myProject";
string result = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(path);
result = myProject
If you're a Linq addict like me, you may enjoy this. Works regardless of the termination of the path string.
public static class PathExtensions
{
public static string GetLastPathSegment(this string path)
{
string lastPathSegment = path
.Split(new string[] {@"\"}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
.LastOrDefault();
return lastPathSegment;
}
}
Example Usage:
lastSegment = Paths.GetLastPathSegment(@"C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc");
lastSegment = Paths.GetLastPathSegment(@"C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\");
Output:
etc