How do I read a dir to an array

**J French** · Jul 17 '05, 08:55 PM

Re: How do I read a dir to an array

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:54:46 GMT, Dave <last2try@earth link.net> wrote:
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>Hello, I hope some one can help.. How can I read the contents of a dir
>into an array. I just need the filename.ext
>Thanks...[/color]

S$ = Dir( "c:\*.bat" )
While Len( S$ )
N = N + 1
Ar$( N ) = S$
S$ = Dir
Wend

That is the most simplistic version
- but if you do anything more complicated, there are gotchas

**Randy Birch** · Jul 17 '05, 08:55 PM

Re: How do I read a dir to an array

This throws the files into an array, and writes to disk.

[VBnet File API] FindFirstFile: Save a Recursive Search of All Drives to Disk

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How do I read a dir to an array

How do I read a dir to an array

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