IDirectory.GetDirectories

Syntax

GetDirectories(Path: String; Pattern: String): IStringList;

Parameters

Path - directory, which contents must be obtained.

Pattern - character string, according to which a list is filtered.

Description

The GetDirectories method returns names of all subdirectories of a directory passed by the Path parameter in accordance with the Pattern filter.

Comments

The Pattern character string may contain the following wildcards:

Wildcard	Description
*	Zero or more characters.
?	Exactly one character.

Characters different from wildcards represent themselves.

Example

Sub UserProc(sPath: String; Pattern: String);
Var
    SubDir: IStringList;
    DirName: String;
Begin
    If Directory.Exists(sPath) Then
        SubDir := Directory.GetDirectories(sPath, Pattern);
        For Each DirName In SubDir Do
            Debug.WriteLine(DirName);
        End For;
    End If;
End Sub UserProc;

On executing the example the existence of a directory specified in the Path parameter is checked. If the directory exists, a list of its subdirectories meeting conditions, passed in the Pattern parameter, is displayed in the development environment console.