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Subject: Re: Filepath column data: basename
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On 21/11/2020 09:35 am, Karl Ratzsch wrote:
> Am 21.11.2020 um 01:18 schrieb Sarat Sreepathi:
>> Hello:
>>
>> I have a data file where one of the columns contains full path names. 
>> Is there a trick to getting a basename from that field? Any builtins 
>> for other transformations on that field?
>>
>> Appreciate any pointers.
>> Thanks,
>> Sarat.
>>
> 
> Recursion: ;)
> 
> basen(fullp) = (a = strstrt(fullp,'\'), a == 0 ? fullp : basen( 
> substr(fullp,a+1,strlen(fullp) ) ) )
> 
> pr basen('helo')
> pr basen('helo\halo')
> pr basen('helo\halo\holo')
> 
> In the same way you can delete (possibly multiple) .extensions from the 
> filename.

Can you use a function?
e.g. f=system("basename ".fullpath)



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