Re: string handle problem

Bryan Oakley wrote:
> slebetman@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >>
> >>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.
> >
>
> Though, while it would likely work, it would yield code that is slightly
> more difficult to understand. As a general rule, one should avoid using
> commands on a datatype that were designed for some other datatype, just
> because they happen to work.

Everything's a string ;-) Though I see what you mean.

I think the [lindex [split $x "/"] end] method is simplest (don't know
why the OP think it's complicated compared to regexp). I was just
commenting on the "what platform" and "MIGHT be doable" comment. It IS
doable on any platform.

.

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