Get a file name from a path

Question

What is the simplest way to get the file name that from a path?

string filename = \"C:\\\\MyDirectory\\\\MyFile.bat\"

In this example, I s

Answer 1

C++11 variant (inspired by James Kanze's version) with uniform initialization and anonymous inline lambda.

std::string basename(const std::string& pathname)
{
    return {std::find_if(pathname.rbegin(), pathname.rend(),
                         [](char c) { return c == '/'; }).base(),
            pathname.end()};
}

It does not remove the file extension though.