How to delete last part of string in C

Question

I need a certain part of the string for example I have

folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4

and I don't want folder4 in my new string so it should be like folder1/folder2/folder3

any help would be appreciated I searched for strtok and strchar but I couldn't figure out how to achieve this

Locate the last `/` in the string and insert a zero there, no need for strtok. You can use `strrchr` to search for the last `/` character. — KamilCuk, Dec 30 '19 at 10:55
@KamilCuk thanks you have been really helpful I remember you from the other post :D — Ozan Mudul, Dec 30 '19 at 11:10

Himanshu Singh · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-30T11:07:42.557

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Find the last occurance of / using strrchr() and then replace it with \0.

int main()
{
    char string[] = "folder1/folder2/folder3/folder4";
    char character = '/'; 
    char* ptr = strrchr(string, character);
    *ptr = '\0';
    cout<<string;
    return 0;
}

edited Dec 30 '19 at 11:07

answered Dec 30 '19 at 11:03

Himanshu Singh

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This is not C++ question, it's C. And [you shouldn't include bits/stdc++.h](https://stackoverflow.com/Questions/31816095/Why-Should-I-Not-Include-Bits-Stdc-H.) – KamilCuk Dec 30 '19 at 11:05
@KamilCuk you are right but it doesn't effect the main context of the answer. But anyways i'll remove it. Thanks. – Himanshu Singh Dec 30 '19 at 11:07

How to delete last part of string in C

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