Re: string handle problem

MH wrote:
> In article <1133231209.671223.49750@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Hans <hansyin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Hi, I encountered a string handle problem and need help.
> >In my code, I have a string which value could be "a1/a2" or "a2/a3/a4"
> >or "a2/b3/c3/a5", now I hope to get the last sub_string after "/", for
> >"a1/a2", I need "a2", for "a2/a3/a4" , I need "a4", and for
> >"a2/b3/c3/a5", I need a5.
> >
> >I knew I can use split command and then handle the list to get the last
> >one, but it seems a little complex, Is there an easy way to get it?
> >I'm thinking to use regexp, but regexp handle string in order from left
> >to right by default, I don't know how to change it to 'from right to
> >left'.
> >
> >Thanks a lot.
>
>
> What platform are you on? This MIGHT be doable using the [file tail]
> command, or some other variant of file..
>

I think it should work regardless of platform. Remember that Tcl
normalises file paths to slashes on all platforms.

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