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getServletPath() will tell you the part of the URL that called the servlet.
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getServletPath() will tell you the part of the URL that called the servlet.

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From within a JSP, you can do the following:<br />
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&lt;%<br />
String path = request.getServletPath();<br />
String fileNameOnly = path.substring(path.lastIn<wbr />dexOf(&quot;/&quot;)<wbr /> + 1, path.lastIndexOf(&quot;.&quot;));<br />
out.println(fileNameOnly);<wbr /><br />
%&gt;<br />
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From within a JSP, you can do the following:

<%
String path = request.getServletPath();
String fileNameOnly = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1, path.lastIndexOf("."));
out.println(fileNameOnly);
%>



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cool, thanks, but how about a potential folder name? <br />
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i suppose i could get the lastIndexOf &quot;/&quot; then backtrack from there to find the next &quot;/&quot; then pull out whatever is in between, or if not found then there is no folder.<br />
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any better ideas?<br />
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cool, thanks, but how about a potential folder name?

i suppose i could get the lastIndexOf "/" then backtrack from there to find the next "/" then pull out whatever is in between, or if not found then there is no folder.

any better ideas?



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;-)<br />
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Look in your other question:<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20790961/searching-for-string-within-a-string.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20790961/searching-for-string-within-a-string.html</a>
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;-)

Look in your other question:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20790961/searching-for-string-within-a-string.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20790961/searching-for-string-within-a-string.html]

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ok, you've answered this question in my other question!<br />
<br />
thanks :)
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ok, you've answered this question in my other question!

thanks :)

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hi, i need to extract the filename only from the HTTP header (getRequestURI?) excluding the &quot;.jsp&quot;. so if &quot;folder/file.jsp&quot; was the path i need &quot;file&quot; as a variable. this is so i know what page the user is on for setting up menu selected states, etc.<br />
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however i can't figure out how to do simple string manipulation in JSP! &nbsp;(we are purely ASP / VBScript developers here)<br />
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thanks!
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hi, i need to extract the filename only from the HTTP header (getRequestURI?) excluding the ".jsp". so if "folder/file.jsp" was the path i need "file" as a variable. this is so i know what page the user is on for setting up menu selected states, etc.

however i can't figure out how to do simple string manipulation in JSP!  (we are purely ASP / VBScript developers here)

thanks!

JSP - how to get filename only from the HTTP header

JavaServer Pages (JSP) allow the development of dynamically generated web pages. It uses the Java programming language; JSP pages are translated into servlets at runtime, with each servlet being cached and reused until the JSP is modified. JSP allows Java code to be interleaved with static web markup content, so the resulting page can be compiled and executed on the server to deliver the content.