How does one extract each folder name from a path?

Question

My path is \\\\server\\folderName1\\another name\\something\\another folder\\

How do I extract each folder name into a string if I don\'t know how many

Answer 1

There are a few ways that a file path can be represented. You should use the System.IO.Path class to get the separators for the OS, since it can vary between UNIX and Windows. Also, most (or all if I'm not mistaken) .NET libraries accept either a '\' or a '/' as a path separator, regardless of OS. For this reason, I'd use the Path class to split your paths. Try something like the following:

string originalPath = "\\server\\folderName1\\another\ name\\something\\another folder\\";
string[] filesArray = originalPath.Split(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar,
                              Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);

This should work regardless of the number of folders or the names.