[OS X TeX] trim a string

[Alan Munn]

On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:02 AM, RA Friedrich Vosberg wrote:

> Morning.
>
> I want to trim a string. Given is a macro that expands into a  
> string, e.g. the path and name of a file (/Users/name/Documents/ 
> Clients/file.tex). I want to cut all characters on the left of / 
> Documents.
>


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xstring}

\begin{document}
\def\tmp{/Users/Documents/files/myfile.tex}

\StrBehind{\tmp}{Users}
\end{document}

-- 
Alan Munn
amunn at gmx.com




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