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Storing folder directory from user prompted file selection

vibhu7668 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:06:20 GMT

This code not working. Please suggest how to modify it

file_name = Pick File ( "Select a file to open" ); // this line of code is working
folder_path = file_name << Get Directory() ; // this line of code not working.

Thanks.

Re: Storing folder directory from user prompted file selection

txnelson — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:22:36 GMT

try


folder_path = substr(file_name, 1, length( file_name)- 
	length(word(-1,file_name,"\/")))

Re: Storing folder directory from user prompted file selection

vibhu7668 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:33:31 GMT

That worked.

Thanks.

Re: Storing folder directory from user prompted file selection

jthi — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:04:16 GMT

I like doing this using Word() with matrix to define the range of return (Word supports negative index)

Names Default To Here(1);

filepath = Convert File Path("$SAMPLE_DATA/Big Class.jmp", windows);

directory = Word([1 -2], filepath, "/\") || "\";

Show(filepath, directory);

If you don't need to have "/" or "\" at the end of your folder path, you can drop the || "\" part.