Adding extension to file name from path

JojoRadio — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 17:40:55 GMT

I've never worked with file paths before.

I have multiple columns that determine the name of certain subfolders in a location on my computer.

I created a column that stitches multiple values from columns, to generate the appropriate file path as such:

"C:\MainFolder\Subfolder1\Subfolder2\" || :Subfolder3 || "\" || :Subfolder4 || "\" || :FileName

The only issue that remains is adding the appropriate extension to the end of the file name (.abc or whatever it may be).

Is there a way to match the file name that I have in my columns, to the file name on my computer, and have it auto-complete by adding the extension at the end?

This is probably not the correct technique to search for a file, so having a more complex code will be welcomed as well.

Re: Adding extension to file name from path

jthi — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 18:05:34 GMT

You canuse Files In Directory() to get list of files in the directory and then loop over that list until you find a match (if there can only be one match, you can use Break() to break out of the loop when the match is found). In simple cases to look for a match you could use for example Starts With() function and if the matching has to be more complicated, you could use Regex(). See Scripting Index for more examples of these functions.

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