splitdir

splitdir(path::AbstractString) -> (AbstractString,AbstractString)

Split a path into a tuple of the directory name and file name.

Examples

Split a path into directory and file components:
```
julia> splitdir("/home/user/documents/file.txt")
("/home/user/documents", "file.txt")
```
This example splits the given path into the directory name ("/home/user/documents") and the file name ("file.txt").
Extract directory and file components from a path:
```
julia> path = "/usr/local/bin/julia";
julia> directory, filename = splitdir(path);
julia> directory
"/usr/local/bin"
julia> filename
"julia"
```
It assigns the directory name ("/usr/local/bin") and the file name ("julia") to separate variables for further processing.
Handle paths without file components:
```
julia> splitdir("/home/user/documents/")
("/home/user/documents", "")
```
It correctly handles paths with trailing slashes where the file component is empty.

Common mistake example:

julia> splitdir("/path/to/directory")
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching splitdir(::String)

In this example, the user mistakenly calls splitdir without the required AbstractString argument. Make sure to pass a valid path string to the splitdir function for it to work correctly.

abspath, basename, chmod, countlines, cp, ctime, dirname, download, evalfile, expanduser, fdio, filemode, filesize, functionloc, gperm, homedir, include_string, isabspath, isblockdev, ischardev, isdir, isdirpath, isexecutable, isfifo, isfile, islink, ismount, ispath, isreadable, issetgid, issetuid, issticky, iswritable, joinpath, less, lstat, mkdir, mkpath, mktemp, mktempdir, mtime, mv, normpath, operm, poll_fd, poll_file, readall, readcsv, readdir, readdlm, readlines, readlink, realpath, relpath, rm, splitdir, splitdrive, splitext, stat, symlink, tempdir, tempname, touch, truncate, uperm, watch_file, writecsv,

User Contributed Notes

Add a Note

The format of note supported is markdown, use triple backtick to start and end a code block.

splitdir

Examples

See Also

User Contributed Notes

Add a Note