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

I am adding to Matt Brunell's answer.

            string[] directories = myStringWithLotsOfFolders.Split(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);

            string previousEntry = string.Empty;
            if (null != directories)
            {
                foreach (string direc in directories)
                {
                    string newEntry = previousEntry + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + direc;
                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(newEntry))
                    {
                        if (!newEntry.Equals(Convert.ToString(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                        {
                            Console.WriteLine(newEntry);
                            previousEntry = newEntry;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

This should give you:

"\server"

"\server\folderName1"

"\server\folderName1\another name"

"\server\folderName1\another name\something"

"\server\folderName1\another name\something\another folder\"

(or sort your resulting collection by the string.Length of each value.