pmichael

I can get the fullpath filename into a variable
CurDoc=App.ActiveDocument.Name

when I print I see "F:\dir1\dir2\dir3\dir5\filename.ext"

I need to get just 'filename.ext' into a variable. So I try:
NewFileName=CurDoc.split("\")[5]

or if it isn't zero-based I can put 6, but that's not the issue right now ...

I'm doing this within the Paint Shop Pro pspscripting environment which uses Python.

Every time I try to run this I get the error:

Executing RunScript
File "<string>", line 49
NewFileName=CurDoc.split("\")[5]
^
SyntaxError: invalid token

and that ^ is actually pointing at the period between CurDoc and split.

Any PSP scripters or Python users?

Thanks!

pmichael

Figured it out. "\" needs to be escaped, so "\\" is the solution.

grahame

You could also use a raw string (r"\") - they're typically much better that adding extra \ escapes all through a string.

-- Graham