get the word after backslash 2

[peac3]

Hi Guys,

This should be easy to some of you:

I am trying to get the word after backslash (\) like example:
D123\UNIX output UNIX
D1\LINUX output LINUX
b1098\WINDOWS output WINDOWS

Can you guys please help?

Thanks,

 

[Jacqui1811]

Hi,

this should work.

yourString = D123\UNIX

outputstring = yourString.Substring(yourString.IndexOf('\\') + 1);

Regards
Jacqui

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Another way:

yourString = "D123\UNIX"

outputString = Split(yourString, "\")(1)

Hope this helps

Andy
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[peac3]

Thanks Guys,

I just realised that our string has double backslash at the beginning, so for example:

\\D123\UNIX output UNIX
\\D1\LINUX output LINUX
\\b1098\WINDOWS output WINDOWS

sorry for confusion before

 

[HarleyQuinn]

That's no problem, if you change the (1) to (3) in my code that should sort it for you.

Hope this helps

Andy
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[peac3]

the string could be two backslashes like:

\\D123\UNIX output UNIX
\\D1\LINUX output LINUX
\\b1098\WINDOWS output WINDOWS
\\b1098\WINDOWS\folder output folder

So basically Im trying to get the word after the last backslash...

Thanks in advance guys,

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Did you try my suggestion?

Andy
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[peac3]

yeah, but your suggestion couldn't handle the last example:

\\b1098\WINDOWS\folder the output is WINDOWS instead of folder

 

[HarleyQuinn]

There are more elegant ways, but to make it work that way with my suggestion, try something like:

Split(yourString, "\")(UBound(Split(yourString, "\")))

Hope this helps

Andy
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[peac3]

I found something like this:

Split(yourString, "\").Last();

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Yep, that's a nicer way of doing what my last post did

Andy
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