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Posted By

jatkins on 08/10/11


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file path String name filename manipulation


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Get filename from path

 / Published in: JavaScript
 

Released into the public domain. Useful for getting just the filename (and extension) from the value of an <input>.

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  1. function getFilenameFromPath(filePath) {
  2. 	lastBackslashIndex = filePath.lastIndexOf('\\');
  3. 	lastForwardSlashIndex = filePath.lastIndexOf('/');
  4. 	lastSlashIndex = lastBackslashIndex > lastForwardSlashIndex ? lastBackslashIndex : lastForwardSlashIndex;
  5. 	return filePath.substring(lastSlashIndex == -1 ? 0 : lastSlashIndex + 1);
  6. }

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