Take out part of the string

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Is there a function that can take out part of the string such as,

C:/Users

I want to take out Users.

I need the function to search for the first "/" and take out the last dir name

C:/windows would be c:
C:/users/bla would be c/users

Im programming in visual studio 6.0 MFC

Posted 10-Jul-13 13:13pm

terry mobley

Updated 10-Jul-13 13:28pm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Jul-13 19:16pm

And what prevented you from just reading the documentation? Why do you think CodeProject should act as a plain reference?
—SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2013-07-10T13:48:00

All you need is this:
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/find/[^],
http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/string/string/erase/[^].

If you are using "regular" null-terminated strings instead, you have two options: 1) stop using then and switch to std::string; 2) initialize some instances of std::string, perform required operations and get back to null-terminated when you need them.

If you use MFC, you can alternatively use MFC CString. Please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174288%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^].

Be sure you consult proper documentation before asking questions. This is the reference you need the most: Microsoft Q209354 :-).
(No offense, please; this is what you really want :-).)

—SA