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Thread: Listing file names in a JList

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    Default Listing file names in a JList

    I have a JList that will list certain files in a directory (may have seen an earlier post, same (JList). It works good, however, it lists the FULL path to the file, that's not what i want, i only want the last part of the full path, so i did this:

    String[] files;
     
    String Folder = "path";
    File fileFolder = new File(Folder);
    File[] fileList = fileFolder.listFiles();
    for(int i=0; i<=fileList.length; i++){
    	files[i] = file[i].toString();
    }

    But it doesn't work....


    If you can also tell me how to list certain file types (like .jar), that would be greatly appreciated.


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    Default Re: Listing file names in a JList

    If you want help, I suggest you respond when you receive it. I'm talking about your problem with positioning/resizing your JList, which I tried to help you out on, but you seem to have abandoned. People will hesitate to help somebody who simply ignores advice or offers no feedback.

    That being said, I don't see any code that displays anything in a JList here. And what do you mean by "it doesn't work"? If you want help, you'll have to provide an SSCCE that demonstrates what you're doing.
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    Default Re: Listing file names in a JList

    Quote Originally Posted by KevinWorkman View Post
    That being said, I don't see any code that displays anything in a JList here.
    this was just the code for getting the names of the files then storing them into an array. Then when the JList is initialized, it'll list the contents of that array.

    Looking back at this code, I dont see how it made sense to me. i tried using a different code here:

    String Folder = "Path";
    File jarsFolder = new File(Folder);
    File[] jarsList = jarsFolder.listFiles();
    for(int i=0; i <= jarsList.length; i++){
    	temp = jarsList[i].toString().split("\\");
    	jars[i] = temp[temp.length];
    		}

    attempting to split it by the \ character, which is then stored into a temporary array, then the very last string in the array would be passed into the next value of a permanent array, which the JList will use as its list. But the exception stack (to me) suggests that it doesn't like "\\" :

    Exception in thread "main" java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException: Unexpected internal error near index 1
    \
    ^
    at java.util.regex.Pattern.error(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.regex.Pattern.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.String.split(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.String.split(Unknown Source)
    at b.<init>(b.java:70) <-- This is the line where the string is split
    at a.main(a.java:6)

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    Default Re: Listing file names in a JList

    Try:

    .split("\\\\")
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    Default Re: Listing file names in a JList

    wow! +thanks.

    how would i split that result to get the extension? (silly question i know)

    EDIT: never mind, i figured out a way
    Last edited by KILL3RTACO; October 6th, 2011 at 08:34 PM.

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    I should also point out that my solution is not guaranteed to be portable- if you go to a different operating system with a different path separator (like '/'), you'll have to do something different.
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    Default Re: Listing file names in a JList

    yeah, i know, like mac for instance. right now i'm focused for Windows, then i can try to see about others. the program uses console commands from windows. i would need to learn terminal commands from mac if i am to expand it to mac as well.

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