C# check for folder in directory path location
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In a C# 2010 desktop application, I would like to come up with a test to see if the value 'CUST' is a valid directory level within a directory path supplied to the program. Basically the directory path would look like: "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx". The code I am using the following code, but it is not working: string filesaveLocation=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Location"]; if (filesaveLocation == "*CUST*"). The value for filesaveLocation is obtained from the app.config file. Thus can you show me how to change the code listed above, so that I can verify that 'CUST' is one of the directory folder names listed in a file path that looks like "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx"?
You can use the String.Contains() method to check the path: if (filesaveLocation.Contains("CUST")) Or if character casing matters: if (filesaveLocation.ToUpper().Contains("CUST")) Or if you want to check for a directory named "CUST": if (filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\")) Good Luck!
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In a C# 2010 desktop application, I would like to come up with a test to see if the value 'CUST' is a valid directory level within a directory path supplied to the program. Basically the directory path would look like: "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx". The code I am using the following code, but it is not working: string filesaveLocation=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Location"]; if (filesaveLocation == "*CUST*"). The value for filesaveLocation is obtained from the app.config file. Thus can you show me how to change the code listed above, so that I can verify that 'CUST' is one of the directory folder names listed in a file path that looks like "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx"?
Try:
if (filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\"))
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Try:
if (filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\"))
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Thank you for your replies. I also have to test to see if the directory file path does not = 'CUST', in the directory path called ""C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx". How would you code that change?
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Thank you for your replies. I also have to test to see if the directory file path does not = 'CUST', in the directory path called ""C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx". How would you code that change?
Uhhhh, you're question isn't really clear, but wouldn't the same test work with just the smallest change??
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Uhhhh, you're question isn't really clear, but wouldn't the same test work with just the smallest change??
if (filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\\CUST\\") == false)A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave KreskowiakMorning Dave! Do you need more coffee? :laugh:
if (!filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\"))
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In a C# 2010 desktop application, I would like to come up with a test to see if the value 'CUST' is a valid directory level within a directory path supplied to the program. Basically the directory path would look like: "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx". The code I am using the following code, but it is not working: string filesaveLocation=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Location"]; if (filesaveLocation == "*CUST*"). The value for filesaveLocation is obtained from the app.config file. Thus can you show me how to change the code listed above, so that I can verify that 'CUST' is one of the directory folder names listed in a file path that looks like "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx"?
Note that what you are doing here (and what the replies show you how to do) is checking for the presence of a string within another string. Checking for the "validity" of a Directory, its actual existence, when your program is running, before you take some action, like writing a file to that Directory, is another thing. .NET hands you some excellent tools for checking whether Directories, or Files, actually exist. The System.IO library offers a host of static methods such as File.Exists("file path"), Directory.Exists("directory file path") to check run-time existence. And, for more complex purposes, you can create an instance of a DirectoryInfo object, which has Properties like .Exists. There are several reasons that these functions could return 'false: some are obvious, like the fact that the Directory/File doesn't exist any more; others more subtle, like you have some invalid character in the path name. Based on your questions, I suggest you get a good basic book on C# programming, and study the different operators you can use with a 'string object. And then, think about what you are going to do if the string you have in your Application Settings is incorrect: that will take you into studying the tools offered by the System.IO library. Study, experiment, practice, analyze your errors: learn :) yours, Bill
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In a C# 2010 desktop application, I would like to come up with a test to see if the value 'CUST' is a valid directory level within a directory path supplied to the program. Basically the directory path would look like: "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx". The code I am using the following code, but it is not working: string filesaveLocation=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["Location"]; if (filesaveLocation == "*CUST*"). The value for filesaveLocation is obtained from the app.config file. Thus can you show me how to change the code listed above, so that I can verify that 'CUST' is one of the directory folder names listed in a file path that looks like "C:\RData\CUST\Omaha\book.xlsx"?
You can use method **System.IO.Directory.Exists(myPath)**to check the path
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You can use the String.Contains() method to check the path: if (filesaveLocation.Contains("CUST")) Or if character casing matters: if (filesaveLocation.ToUpper().Contains("CUST")) Or if you want to check for a directory named "CUST": if (filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\")) Good Luck!
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You can use the function
System.IO.Directory.Exists(myFolderPath)
for the same
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Morning Dave! Do you need more coffee? :laugh:
if (!filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\"))
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:doh: It was WAY past my bedtime. :laugh:
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Try:
if (filesaveLocation.Contains(@"\CUST\"))
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Thanks!
You're welcome!
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