Splitting filenames using system file separator symbol

Question

I have a complete file path and I want to get the file name.

I am using the following instruction:

String[] splittedFileName = fileName.split(System.         


        

Answer 1

When you write a file name, you should use System.getProperty("file.separator").

When you read a file name, you could possibly have either the forward slash or the backward slash as a file separator.

You might want to try the following:

fileName = fileName.replace("\\", "/");
String[] splittedFileName = fileName.split("/"));
String simpleFileName = splittedFileName[splittedFileName.length-1];