strip .swf extension from display

[robjmills]

I've made a simple mp3 player that draws external swf's from an array, there is a dynamic text area (title)that displays the name of the file that is playing.

code:

---

on (release) {

	 if (count == undefined) count = 0;

	{

	_level1.unloadMovie(); // stop loading old stream

   	loadMovieNum(urls[count],1); // load new song into level1

	title.text = urls[count];

	playing.text = "now playing:";

	}

}

---

Is it possible to strip the .swf extension so that it just displays the filename?

Thanks.

[spacether]

yes:
string.substring(0, string.length-4)

[robjmills]

thanks but how do i implement that into my code?

[strille]

code:

---

title.text = urls[count].substring(0, urls[count].length-4);

---

[oldnewbie]

my_string = "hello.swf";
//my_string = urls[count];
mynew_string = my_string.substring(0, my_string.length-4);
trace(mynew_string);
//title.text = mynew_string;

[robjmills]

thanks a lot, works a treat, anyone know why the actionscript tags arent working??

[oldnewbie]

Nope! They just stopped working. Use [ code][ /code] tags instead!