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\"

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Answer 1

The boost filesystem library is also available as the experimental/filesystem library and was merged into ISO C++ for C++17. You can use it like this:

#include 
#include 

namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;

int main () {
    std::cout << fs::path("/foo/bar.txt").filename() << '\n'
}

Output:

"bar.txt"

It also works for std::string objects.