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Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:41 pm**

Hi,
I have a string (full path): website/folder1/folder1/myimage.jpg (String!)
I want to extract the filename "myimage.jpg"

furthermore I need the fileextension "jpg"
thanks for any suggestions and links
Chris

Posted: **Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:54 pm**

Hi Chris,

"the itemdelimiter" (or short "itemdel") is your friend

Use it like this:
...
put "website/folder1/folder1/myimage.jpg" into tFullPath

## Filename:
set itemdel to "/"
put item -1 of tFullPath into tFileName
## -> myimage.jpg

## Suffix:
set itemdel to "."
put item -1 of tFileName into tSuffix
## -> jpg
...
Check the dictionary for more info about "itemdelimiter"!

Best

Klaus

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