Objective-C Split a String and get last item - objective-c

Question

I have a string like so:
NSString *path = #"\\fake\aaa\bbb\ccc\ddd\eee.pdf";
and I split the string into an array like so:
NSArray *array = [path componentsSeparatedByString:#"\"];
Now there are two things I need here.
I need a string with everything except eee.pdf
I need the last item in the array as a string (eee.pdf)
How would I do this?

Answer 1

Just for fun, there is a little-known way to get an NSURL with its benefit from a windows file path
NSString *path = #"\\\\fake\\aaa\\bbb\\ccc\\ddd\\eee.pdf";
NSURL *url = CFBridgingRelease(CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFAllocatorDefault, (CFStringRef)path, kCFURLWindowsPathStyle, false));
NSString *fileName = url.lastPathComponent;
NSString *parentDirectory = url.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent.path;
Finally you have to convert parentDirectory back to windows path style (backslashes).
But if you mean POSIX paths used in OS X, it's much easier
NSString *path = #"/fake/aaa/bbb/ccc/ddd/eee.pdf";
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
NSString *fileName = url.lastPathComponent;
NSString *parentDirectory = url.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent.path;

Answer 2

I think you're trying to get the filepath and filename from a full path. There are better ways of doing that. But since you simply asked for the question, here's my answer. Please note that this is not the best approach. In addition, you have to escape the backslashes by using a preceding backslash.
NSString *path = #"\\fake\\aaa\\bbb\\ccc\\ddd\\eee.pdf";
NSArray *array = [path componentsSeparatedByString:#"\\"];
NSMutableArray *removedArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for(int i=0; i< array.count -1; i++){
[removedArray addObject:[array objectAtIndex:i]];
}
NSString *joinedString =[removedArray componentsJoinedByString:#"\\"];
NSString *fileName = [array lastObject];
NSLog(#"Path: %#", joinedString);
NSLog(#"Filename: %#", fileName);

Answer 3

For the last element use the lastObject property of the NSArray.
For a string without the last element use subarrayWithRange: using array.count-1 for the NSRange length.
Then join the remaining array with componentsJoinedByString:.
NSString *fileName = [array lastObject];
NSArray *newArray = [array subarrayWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, array.count-1)];
NSString *directoryPath = [newArray componentsJoinedByString:#"\\"];