String manipulation of a URL - strip preceding characters?

[jason]

How would I strip out everything from before the last "/" in the following
string generated from request.servervaraibles method:

[url]http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/[/url]

....so that I was just left with:

"Riverbend"

Many thanks

Jason

[Aaron Bertrand - MVP]

url = "http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/"
url = split(url, "/"): response.write url(3)



"jason" <jason@catamaranco.com> wrote in message
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> How would I strip out everything from before the last "/" in the following
> string generated from request.servervaraibles method:
>
> [url]http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/[/url]
>
> ...so that I was just left with:
>
> "Riverbend"
>
> Many thanks
>
> Jason
>
>
>

[Bob Barrows]

jason wrote:

> How would I strip out everything from before the last "/" in the
> following string generated from request.servervaraibles method:
>
> [url]http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/[/url]
>
> ...so that I was just left with:
>
> "Riverbend"
>
> Many thanks
>
> Jason

This particular string is easy:

dim str,ar
str="http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/"
ar = split(str,"/")
response.write ar(ubound(ar))

However, who is to say that your string might not contain
"http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/default.asp"?
Now, you would have to do this:
ar = split(str,"/")
response.write ar(ubound(ar)-1)

So, use If:

ar = split(str,"/")
if right(str,1) = "/" then
response.write ar(ubound(ar))
else
response.write ar(ubound(ar)-1)
end if

Of course, you have to check to make sure str contains any characters at all
....

HTH,
Bob Barrows

[Bob Barrows]

Aaron Bertrand - MVP wrote:

>> However, who is to say that your string might not contain
>> "http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/default.asp"?
>> Now, you would have to do this:
>> ar = split(str,"/")
>> response.write ar(ubound(ar)-1)

>
> Except what if it is
> "http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/subfolder/default.asp"?
>
> This is where using ar(3) would always get the base subfolder...

True - depends on what he wants. He DID say " ... everything from before the
last "/" ..."

Bob

[Aaron Bertrand - MVP]

> > This is where using ar(3) would always get the base subfolder...

>
> True - depends on what he wants. He DID say " ... everything from before

the

> last "/" ..."

Right, which is why I didn't say, "you should use ar(3) instead." :-)

[jason]

I guess I should be specific that I cannot always know in advance how many
subfolders there will be after the url...BUT...I always need to know what is
the LAST subfolder and its content...

Does this make sense....

Does ar(3) still work is it fixed folder?
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
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> > > This is where using ar(3) would always get the base subfolder...

> >
> > True - depends on what he wants. He DID say " ... everything from before

> the

> > last "/" ..."

>
> Right, which is why I didn't say, "you should use ar(3) instead." :-)
>
>

[jason]

Thanks


"Bob Barrows" <reb_01501@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Aaron Bertrand - MVP wrote:

> >> However, who is to say that your string might not contain
> >> "http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/default.asp"?
> >> Now, you would have to do this:
> >> ar = split(str,"/")
> >> response.write ar(ubound(ar)-1)

> >
> > Except what if it is
> > "http://www.essermanyachtsales.com/riverbend/subfolder/default.asp"?
> >
> > This is where using ar(3) would always get the base subfolder...

>
> True - depends on what he wants. He DID say " ... everything from before

the

> last "/" ..."
>
> Bob
>
>

[jason]

Thanks - stupid question: What if I always wanted to get the LAST subfolder
in the url no matter how many subfolders appear in the url....would this
still work?

- Jason
"Aaron Bertrand - MVP" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> wrote in message
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> > > This is where using ar(3) would always get the base subfolder...

> >
> > True - depends on what he wants. He DID say " ... everything from before

> the

> > last "/" ..."

>
> Right, which is why I didn't say, "you should use ar(3) instead." :-)
>
>