How do I extract the file name from a path string

Question

For saving a file on the iPad, I need to get the file name substring (after sites/default/files/) in the following path string:

sites/default/files/243347_TroubleShootingSqlserver20052008.pdf

How would I do this?

you should be a bit more clear, it hard to understand what you want. Do you have a string already? do you need to parse a PDF? Which iOS version? — Roger, Jun 22 '12 at 12:55
i will advise you an regex BUT here is the best answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3613591/finding-a-substring-in-a-nsstring-object — gaussblurinc, Jun 22 '12 at 12:55
I need the string value after sites/default/files/ in sites/default/files/243347_TroubleShootingSqlserver20052008.pdf — Papu, Jun 22 '12 at 12:58

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02

5

Set your path to NSURL *targetURL. and then

NSString *filename = [[targetURL path] lastPathComponent];

answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:02

Dhruv

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 01 '12 at 10:47

1

NSArray* pathURL = [path componentsSeparatedByString: @"/"];
NSString* pdfFileName = [pathURL objectAtIndex: [pathURL length]];

edited Aug 01 '12 at 10:47

Bart

answered Jun 22 '12 at 13:06

Sumanth

2 Answers2