How to get the name part from a filename. ignoring the extension

[vacunita]

Using the ExtractFileName function i get a string that look like this: "myfile.ext" now all i want is the "myfile" part, i dont want the extension, how do i get that part only.

Any help would be apreciated. thanx

 

[Svanhooft]

hi,

Their are several ways to do this but i think this is the easiest way. Use the function ChangeFileExt, with an empty string.

label1.caption := 'MyFile.Txt';
label2.caption := ChangeFileExt(Label1.caption, '');


Steph

 

[mikeEd]

Assuming your filename is in fName:

Copy(ExtractFileName(fName), 
     1, 
     Length(ExtractFileName(fName)) -
     Length(ExtractFileExt(fName))
     )

will return the string you want.