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.
Labels:
C#,
file,
file name validation,
function,
Functions,
name,
validation
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