Comments on: F#: Useful for scripting http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/06/09/f-useful-for-scripting/ Thoughts on Software Development Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/2009/06/09/f-useful-for-scripting/comment-page-1/#comment-18694 Steve Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:17:42 +0000 http://www.markhneedham.com/blog/?p=1313#comment-18694 As you're already using System.IO, you might as well make use of its path manipulation types, rather than reinventing the wheel -- and getting rid of the disliked 'get_position_of_last_folder' function into the bargain: let get_last_folder_name (dir:string) = Path.GetFileName(dir) let get_rest_of_dir_name (dir:string) = Path.GetDirectoryName(dir) As you’re already using System.IO, you might as well make use of its path manipulation types, rather than reinventing the wheel — and getting rid of the disliked ‘get_position_of_last_folder’ function into the bargain:

let get_last_folder_name (dir:string) = Path.GetFileName(dir)
let get_rest_of_dir_name (dir:string) = Path.GetDirectoryName(dir)

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