Description
Returns a list of filenames from a directory and mask specified in a previous InitDir statement. The mask is used to create a selection of file names, using the standard DOS wildcards "*" and "?".
Syntax
filenames = DirList ()
Parameters
The DirList function returns a dynamic array of the operating system filenames found in the directory masked by the InitDir statement.
With each use of DirList(), a list of filenames will be returned from the specified directory. DirList() may be placed in a loop to obtain all the filenames in a large directory. The loop would continue until the list is empty. Filenames are separated by field marks (ASCII character 254).
See also
Drive(), SetInitDirOptions, InitDir
Example
/* Looks at each file in the C:\WINDOWS directory. Variable AB_COUNT keeps a count of the number of files with names starting with "A" or "B". */ InitDir "C:\WINDOWS\*.*" AB_COUNT = 0 files = DirList() position = 1 flag = "" Loop Remove this_file From files At position Setting flag first_letter = this_file[1,1] if first_letter _eqc "a" or first_letter _eqc "b" then AB_COUNT += 1 end While flag Repeat call msg(@window,"There are " : AB_COUNT : " files in the directory starting with an A or B.")
