using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
namespace DemoSolution
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string badFileName = @"This!has*INVALID:characters.txt";
string goodFileName = @"This-has_INVALID.characters.txt";
Console.WriteLine("badFileName = {0}", badFileName.IsValidFileName());
// OUTPUT: badFileName = False
Console.WriteLine("goodFileName = {0}", goodFileName.IsValidFileName());
// OUTPUT: goodFileName = True
}
}
public static class MyExtensions
{
///
/// Checks the string to see if any invalid characters exist for a file name.
///
///
///
/// Returns "True" if the file name has no invalid
/// characters, else it returns "False".
///
///
/// string fileName = "Valid_File-Name.txt";
///
public static bool IsValidFileName(this string FileName)
{
// Create the RegEx pattern to match
Regex BadPathCharacters = new Regex(
"[" + Regex.Escape(String.Join("", Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars()))
+ "]");
// See if any of the characters are a match.
if (BadPathCharacters.IsMatch(FileName))
{
return false;
}
return true;
}
}
}
Friday, April 10, 2015
File Name Validation
In a continuing effort to keep track of my coding notes, here is another function I wrote that I use a lot. It uses "Path" to get a list of invalid characters to check against.
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