When I have NSString
with /Users/user/Projects/thefile.ext
I want to extract thefile
with Objective-C methods.
What is the easiest way to do that?
When I have NSString
with /Users/user/Projects/thefile.ext
I want to extract thefile
with Objective-C methods.
What is the easiest way to do that?
Taken from the NSString reference, you can use :
NSString *theFileName = [[string lastPathComponent] stringByDeletingPathExtension];
The lastPathComponent
call will return thefile.ext
, and the stringByDeletingPathExtension
will remove the extension suffix from the end.
If you're displaying a user-readable file name, you do not want to use lastPathComponent
. Instead, pass the full path to NSFileManager's displayNameAtPath:
method. This basically does does the same thing, only it correctly localizes the file name and removes the extension based on the user's preferences.