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    Posted: 04 May 2003 at 3:21am
what is the best way to strip out filename with extension from its path... a function can be made to do this but what is the shortest option in terms of code size :)
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Use "InstrRev" to find the last period, then use "Mid" with that position to grab everything before said period
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and before you go posting: "i'm stupid and lazy as hell, so do all the code for me" like you normally do... here's two links explaining the above function

InstrRev:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/instrrev.html

Mid:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/mid.html
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Originally posted by MorningZ MorningZ wrote:

and before you go posting: "i'm stupid and lazy as hell, so do all the code for me" like you normally do... here's two links explaining the above function

NOT all the code.. only the certain stuff i asked for...(usually just a few lines only...)  anyway.. i can fix the coe myself.. secondly i didnt asked for a code here.. i asked for a opnion regarding "whats is the best"

InstrRev:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/instrrev.html

Mid:
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/vbscript/quickref/mid.html
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